We are indebted to racehorse trainer Kim Bailey for these facts about Ukraine:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ukraine is an agricultural country:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1st in Europe in terms of arable land area;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3rd place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world’s volume);<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2nd place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3rd largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4th largest producer of potatoes in the world;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5th largest rye producer in the world;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5th place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons);<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8th place in the world in wheat exports;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9th place in the world in the production of chicken eggs;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
16th place in the world in cheese exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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