Ukrainian grain export ban extended by 5 EU countries in effort to protect farmers' interests
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Ukrainian grain export bans are being extended by five European Union countries in an effort to protect the interests of the farmers in the countries.
"This coalition is not against anyone, not against Ukraine or the EU, it is in the interest of our farmers," Polish Agriculture Minister Robert Telus said after meeting with his counterparts in Warsaw, where they decided to push the ban beyond a Sept. 15 deadline.
Except for Bulgaria, all the countries border Ukraine, which faced a major blow Monday when Russia pulled out of a breakthrough accord brokered by the U.N. and Turkey to allow Ukrainian food to be shipped through the Black Sea to countries where millions are going hungry. Ukraine is a major exporter of wheat, barley, vegetable oil and corn.