Background. The article explores the impact of production risks in agricultural enterprises on the competitiveness of the processing industry, considering information asymmetry in an unpredictable environment. The paper identifies key production-stimulating elements crucial for the processing industry competitiveness using the theory of value. Economic ties between  agricultural enterprises and processing industry subjects aim to integrate production and technological cycles for enhanced competitiveness. The article characterizes quasi-crisis pressures in  the processing industry, providing indicators for economic relations between agricultural enterprises and processing industry subjects. The paper analyzes Ukraine’s grain, oil and animal-origin  raw material production for the processing industry and assesses the country’s processing industry competitiveness crisis level. The financial processes of meat-processing agricultural holdings in Ukrainian regions, excluding occupied territories, were studied, considering private foreign investments in the pre-war and war period.
Results and conclusions. In summary, the methods employed in this research encompass a combination of an economic analysis, risk management techniques, a theoretical synthesis, diagnostic tools, a stakeholder analysis and a resource system analysis. These methods would be tailored to address the specific challenges faced by the agricultural and processing industry. Changes in the  competitiveness crisis level of meat-processing agroholdings were calculated, taking into account the production and technological cycle. The article concludes with anti-crisis scenarios for  cross-industry interaction to neutralize competitiveness crisis factors.