Why is Ukraine known as the breadbasket?

Ukraine's rich, black soil has made it one of the most fertile agricultural regions on the planet and a global breadbasket of wheat, with more than a quarter of the world's most fertile soil found in Ukraine, earning it the moniker ‘breadbasket of Europe.' The country also produces barley, sunflowers, sugar, meat, poultry, corn, canola, oats, rye, potatoes, and soybeans.