Episodes of an American Agronomist in Ukraine.

After nine trips to Ukraine to teach agronomists corn and soybean production practices, I am still learning what question to ask. Seems unless you ask the essential critical question you may not get the correct answer. Are they doing it right? Yes, sort of. Ways of doing things are still held over from the Soviet days. Farm size is huge - with 97% of production agriculture in the hands of huge corporations that may range in size from 6,000 to 150,000 hectares. Labor is cheap and plentiful - but many are drivers, not operators. The best description of the issues comes from my translator and driver, "the wheels in Ukraine are not always round".