Despite military actions and threats in our country, sowing continues in Ukraine. Thus, according to the latest data, the sowing of spring crops is carried out by 23 regions of Ukraine, except for Luhansk, where hostilities are taking place in almost the entire territory. This was reported by Ministry of Agrarian Policy.
Vinnytsia, Volyn, Kirovohrad, Rivne, Khmelnytsky and Cherkasy regions have completely completed the sowing of spring crops of the early group.
As of April 28, 2022, all categories of farms have already been sown:
– spring wheat 175.8 thousand hectares;
– spring barley 838.5 thousand hectares;
– spring rape 21 thousand hectares;
– oats 144.4 thousand hectares;
– peas 116.3 thousand hectares;
– buckwheat 2.6 thousand hectares;
– millet 10.8 thousand hectares;
– corn 774.8 thousand hectares;
– sugar beets 167.4 thousand hectares;
– sunflower 1,367.8 thousand hectares;
– soybeans 127.2 thousand hectares;
– 648 thousand hectares of potatoes.
It will be recalled that 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 rape was sown on an area of 1 million 414 thousand hectares.