Despite the missile attacks by russia, Ukrainian farmers continue the 2024 sowing season to ensure food security, the Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy reports.
Thus, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, 2 million 053.4 thousand hectares of cereals and legumes have already been sown on the territory controlled by Ukraine. Of which, in particular:
corn - 748.7 thou hectares
barley - 741.5 thou hectares
wheat - 204.7 thou hectares;
peas - 157 thou hectares;
oats - 136.6 thou hectares.
Over the past week, farmers sowed 792.6 thou hectares of grains and pulses. Most of all:
in Kyiv region - 27.1 thou hectares of wheat, 40.1 thou hectares of barley, 4.8 thou hectares of peas and 4.3 thou hectares of oats;
in Ternopil region - 18.9 thou hectares of wheat, 63.6 thou hectares of barley, 3.6 thou hectares of peas and 5.1 thou hectares of oats;
in Khmelnytskyi region - 14.8 thou hectares of wheat, 59.1 thou hectares of barley, 2.6 thou hectares of peas and 2.5 thou hectares of oats;
in Zhytomyr region - 14.5 thou hectares of wheat, 16.6 thou hectares of barley, 2.8 thou hectares of peas and 20.1 thou hectares of oats;
in Vinnytsia region - 11.5 thou hectares of wheat, 55 thou hectares of barley, 6 thou hectares of peas and 1.1 thou hectares of oats.
Sunflower was sown on 1 395.9 thou hectares. Sugar beet was planted on 223.7 thou hectares. Early sugar beet sowing has been completed in Vinnytsia, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi and Chernihiv regions.
Agrarians in 15 regions are sowing soybeans, with 116.3 thousand hectares already planted.
Buckwheat and millet sowing has begun in Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Khmelnytsky, Kherson and Chernihiv regions.