Agrarians of Ukraine have completed work on sowing. The projected crops of the main spring crops for the 2022 harvest in the territory controlled by Ukraine amounted to 14,163.4 thousand hectares, which is 2,752.9 thousand hectares less than last year (16,916.3 thousand hectares). This was reported by Ministry of Agrarian Policy.
According to the operative data of the structural subdivisions of the regional state administrations, which ensure the performance of functions on agro-industrial development as of June 16, 2022, the sowing of spring crops has been completed. In total, 95% of the forecasted area is sown, which is 13.4 million hectares.
Following the 2022 sowing campaign, the largest change in crop structure affected wheat, corn, sunflower and soybeans.
The area under spring wheat and soybeans remained at the level of the previous year. The area under sunflowers decreased compared to last year, but insignificantly and maintained a high figure of 4 million 702 thousand hectares.
There was a reduction in corn crops: this year 4 million 639 thousand against 5 million 500 thousand hectares last year.
So all categories of farms according to operational data are sown:
– spring wheat 191.1 thousand hectares;
– spring barley 951.4 thousand hectares;
– spring rape 34.1 thousand hectares;
– oats 159.3 thousand hectares;
– peas 131.0 thousand hectares;
– buckwheat 75.3 thousand hectares;
– millet 49.5 thousand hectares;
– corn 4 639.4 thousand hectares;
– sugar beets 180.6 thousand hectares;
– sunflower 4 702.7 thousand hectares;
– soybeans 1,212.6 thousand hectares;
– potatoes 1 104.2 thousand hectares.
According to the State Statistics Service, sowing of winter crops for grain for the harvest of 2022 was carried out on an area of 7.6 million hectares, including:
– 6.5 million hectares of winter wheat and triticale were sown;
– rye sown 109 thousand hectares;
– 969 million hectares of barley have been sown.
In addition, winter rapeseed was sown on an area of 1 million 414 thousand hectares.