CONSTANTA, Romania—In Ukraine, farmers are navigating mines, crossing bombed bridges and risking dangerous maneuvers at overworked ports to stop a Russian blockade and deliver their grain to them. Desperate to take the world.
But for all their efforts, Ukraine’s strained infrastructure has little hope of being able to handle the 30 million metric tons of corn, wheat and sunflower oil that are expected to be harvested in June, according to farmers and farmers. Government officials said.