Ukraine has sown 100% of the planned spring cereals, 89.4% of sunflowers and 94.5% of soybeans.
Farmers complete the sowing campaign. In the past week, they planted 193.6 thousand hectares of rice and leguminous crops. This was announced by the Ministry of Agropolitics and Food on Friday, June 2.
Areas under spring cereals and legumes reached 5.472 million hectares, or almost 100% of those planned. Sown areas are less than last year by 10.2%.
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The backlog is mainly formed due to the most popular crops – corn and spring barley, crops which, respectively, are 14.5% and 19.2% less than last year and amount to 3.893 thousand hectares and 766.1 thousand acres.
Compared to last year’s figures, millet crops decreased by 2.5%, where 46.1 thousand hectares of land were occupied.
At the same time, the area under other grain crops is greater than a year ago. This applies to spring wheat – 269.5 thousand hectares (by 42.4%), peas – 136.1 thousand hectares (by 4.2%), buckwheat – 106.1 thousand hectares (54.2%).
5.042 million hectares are occupied by sunflower, which is 10.3% higher than last year, but still lower than expected at 5.641 million hectares.
The planted area under sugar beet reached 213.1 thousand hectares, which is 18% higher than last year and not far from the forecast of 220 thousand hectares.
Soybean crops expanded to 1.739 million hectares, exceeding last year by 45.5% and approaching the forecast of 1.841 million hectares.
It was noted that the farmers of Poltava and Kirovograd regions have completed the sowing of spring crops.
Compared to pre-war 2021, crops of spring cereals and legumes are 24% lower, sunflower – by 19.9%, sugar beet – by 5.2%, while in relation to soybeans they increased by 40.5 %.
It was previously reported that by 2023 the sown area in Ukraine will decrease by 7 million hectares – to 29 million hectares – and will change its structure.
It is also predicted that this year the total yield of grain crops in Ukraine will decrease by 60% in 2021, oilseeds – by 15%.
Source: korrespondent
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