Iurii Mykhailov
Iurii was born in Kyiv, Ukraine on December 2, 1954.
In 1972, he graduated from the Republican Physics & Mathematics High School. In 1978, Iurii received a Masters of Science in Industrial Heat Engineering from the National Technical University of Ukraine.
Iurii served as a lieutenant in the Soviet Army from 1978 to 1980. Upon leaving the army, he worked as a junior researcher at the National Technical University of Ukraine from 1980 to 1983. From 1983 to 1995, Iurii was the head of the computer department that specialized in the maintenance and overhaul of the sugar mills.
He then worked as an ag journalist and analyst in the Ukrainian Agribusiness magazine "Propozitsiva" (The Options) from 1995 until his retirement in 2015.
From 1996 to 1997, he received special training under the USDA, receiving a certificate as an ag markets analyst.
Iurii has been married for 44 years to his wife Liuidmyla, who has a Masters Degree in mathematics. Married for 44 years. The couple has a daughter, Olena Staveley-O'Carroll, who received a full scholarship to Lakeland University (WI), where obtained BA degrees in mathematics, chemistry, and economics. She later received her PhD in economics from Georgetown University. She is currently the Associate Professor of Economics at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts. Iurri and his wife have two grandchildren.
More Corn, Soybeans Coming Out of Ukraine
Country's acreage estimates not as trustworthy as USDA's.
Worldwide Ag Fallout From Ukraine/Russia War?
Soon it will be a year since Russia annexed the Crimea and provoked separatist actions in South-Eastern Ukraine that later had overgrown, in fact, into the war between Ukraine and Russia (though de facto, not de jure).
Currently, the military conflict after months of not very active military confrontation has the potential to break into a full-scale war with the invasion of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine. The consequences of this would be disastrous not only for each of the warring parties, but also to the whole world.
Major Manure: A World Record in Ukraine
The total amount of the manure spread was more than 6,000 metric tons.
Ukrainian-Russian war: The Further On, The Stranger
Will Ukraine survive? It depends on which economy collapses first: Ukrainian or Russian.
Ukraine: War Slowed Shift to More Corn Acres
Grain production in the Black Sea region is determined by three principal players: Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. Grain production in these three countries (as well as exports) is practically stable. In 2013-2014, the three nations produced 38.6 million
Ukraine Grain Exports To Rise
In Ukraine, this year’s total grain crop is a record 64 million metric tons. Because of the annexation of Crimea and part of the Lugansk and Donetsk oblasts by Russia, the actual available crop is about 60.5 mmt.
In the middle of October, the grain export from Ukraine reached 11 mmt (6.2 mmt of wheat, mainly of the feed quality, 1.3 mmt of corn, 3.2 mmt of barley and 150 tmt of other small grains. This means that the total grain export from Ukraine, this marketing year, may be about 35 mmt.