Almost 99.5% of the area projected for spring wheat has already been sown in Ukraine. The sowing of all spring crops of Vinnytsia, Volyn, Zakarpattia, Zaporizhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Ternopil and Chernivtsi regions has been completely completed. This was reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.
In general, sowing of spring cereals and legumes was completed by 81.7% of last year’s figures.
Winter harvesting will begin in some regions next week.
As of June 9, 2022, the projected sown areas of the main spring crops for the 2022 harvest in the territory controlled by Ukraine are 14,163.4 thousand hectares, which is 2,752.9 thousand hectares less than last year (16,916 , 3 thousand hectares).
According to the operative data of the structural subdivisions of the regional state administrations, which ensure the implementation of functions on agro-industrial development, the sowing of spring crops is carried out by 23 regions of Ukraine, except Luhansk, where fighting is taking place.
So all categories of farms are sown:
– spring wheat 191.1 thousand hectares;
– spring barley 951.2 thousand hectares;
– spring rape 33.4 thousand hectares;
– oats 159.2 thousand hectares;
– peas 130.6 thousand hectares;
– buckwheat 74.9 thousand hectares;
– millet 48.5 thousand hectares;
– 4,627.3 thousand hectares of corn;
– sugar beets 180.6 thousand hectares;
– sunflower 4 685.8 thousand hectares;
– soybeans 1,211.8 thousand hectares;
– potatoes 1 104,2 thousand hectares.
According to the State Statistics Service, sowing of winter crops for grain for the 2022 harvest was carried out on an area of 7.6 million hectares, which is 0.3 million hectares less than in 2021, including:
–– winter wheat and triticale sown 6.5 million hectares;
– 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, which is 442 thousand hectares more than in 2021.