Many will have bought inputs on credit which they will now struggle to repay, plus they need cash or credit to buy inputs for the autumn planted crops.
This is the second very dry season in a row in Moldova, and we are now seeing vineyards and trees affected.
Estonian farmers are protesting the proposed deportation of nine Ukrainian agricultural workers after the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) said they had violated quarantine on arrival in Estonia in late July.
Authorities claim the workers violated quarantine by working; the farmers say they were putting their living quarters in order when they were raided by the PPA.
Protesters in Belarus took to the streets after Sunday's election saw the long term president and former collective farm manager, Alexander Lukashenko, achieve 80% of the votes, which the opposition say is fixed.
It's reported that anger towards Lukashenko's government has been fuelled by his response to coronavirus, Lukashenko famously downplayed the outbreak, advising citizens to drink vodka and drive tractors.
While global media are showing images of protestors on the streets facing tear gas and rubber bullets, the state media is reporting the grain harvest is 68% complete.
I can’t confirm the harvest report because, at the time of writing, the state media website is off-line.
That doesn’t sound good.