More than 11 million hectares of spring crops have already been sown in Ukraine, the Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy informs.
Thus, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, 6.3 million hectares of oilseeds and 5.1 million hectares of grains and legumes were sown on the territory controlled by Ukraine. This is more than 90% of the planned sowing areas.
In particular, farmers have already sown the following crops:
- corn - 3,565.6 thou hectares
- barley - 781.6 thou hectares
- wheat - 249 thou hectares;
- oats - 166.7 thou hectares;
- peas - 162.1 thou hectares;
- buckwheat - 48.1 thou hectares;
- millet - 43.1 thou hectares.
The leaders among the regions are:
- Poltava region, where 488.9 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 sown.
- Vinnytsia region - 292 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 - 287.9 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.
- In Kyiv region, the company planted 221 thou hectares of corn, 32.3 thou hectares of wheat, 44.3 thou hectares of barley, 5.93 thou hectares of peas and 6.5 thou hectares of oats.
In addition, Ukrainian farmers planted 4 605 thou hectares of sunflower and 1 640.9 thou hectares of soybeans. Sugar beet was planted on the area of 250.1 thou hectares.