The spring sowing campaign is coming to an end in Ukraine, the Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy informs.
According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, 6.7 million hectares of oilseeds and 5.4 million hectares of grains and legumes have been sown on the territory controlled by Ukraine.
In particular, farmers have already sown more than 96% of grains and pulses:
- corn - 3,809.4 thou hectares
- barley - 782.2 thou hectares
- wheat - 252.5 thou hectares;
- oats - 163.7 thou hectares;
- peas - 162.5 thou hectares;
- buckwheat - 85.5 thou hectares;
- millet - 60 thou hectares.
Among the oilseeds, sunflower was sown on 4,958.1 thou hectares, and soybeans – on 1,829.7 thou hectares.
Sugar beet was planted on the area of 250.1 thou hectares.
Over the past week, the area under crops increased by 311.7 thsd ha. Chernihiv region sowed the most grains and pulses – 56 thsd ha.
The leaders among the regions are:
- Poltava region, where 498.4 thou hectares of corn, 6.5 thou hectares of wheat, 73 thou hectares of barley, 8.5 thou hectares of peas and 2.3 thou hectares of oats have been planted.
- Chernihiv region – 396.3 thou hectares of corn, 2.6 thou hectares of wheat, 13.7 thou hectares of barley, 0.4 thou hectares of peas and 0.9 thou hectares of oats.
- Vinnytsia region – 314.1 thou hectares of corn, 11.5 thou hectares of wheat, 55 thou hectares of barley, 6 thou hectares of peas and 1.1 thou hectares of oats.
- Kirovograd region – 300 thou hectares of corn, 8.8 thou hectares of wheat, 46.1 thou hectares of barley, 16.5 thou hectares of peas and 0.4 thou hectares of oats.
Farmers in Volyn and Poltava regions have completed sowing spring grains and pulses. Agricultural producers in Vinnytsia, Odesa, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi and Bukovyna regions have fully completed sowing spring crops.