Despite the problems due to the fighting, almost 84% of the territories last year were sown.
During the sowing season in 2022, Ukraine sowed 14.16 million hectares of land, which is 83.7% of last year’s figures (16.92 million hectares). The results of the sowing campaign in the conditions of war on Friday, June 17, were summed up by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.
Overall, 95% of the areas planned for this period were sown.
Thus, the sown area of sunflower crops reached 4.7 million hectares, corn – 4.64 million hectares, soybeans – 1.21 million hectares, potatoes – 1.1 million hectares, spring barley – 0.95 million hectares, spring wheat – 191 .1 thousand acres. sugar beet – 180.6 thousand ha, oats – 159.3 thousand ha, peas – 131 thousand ha, buckwheat – 75.3 thousand ha, millet – 49.5 thousand ha, spring rapeseed – 34.1 thousand hectares.
This year, areas under corn were the most reduced – to 4.64 million hectares compared to 5.5 million hectares in 2021, while areas under sunflower, spring wheat and soybeans remained at last year’s level.
At the same time, the harvesting of winter crops has already begun in some regions. Winter grain crops in 2021 were sown in a total area of 7.7 million hectares, including winter wheat on 6.5 million hectares, barley on 0.97 million hectares, rye on 0.11 million hectares. In addition, winter rape was sown in an area of 1.41 million hectares.
According to Mingaropolitika forecasts, this year the yield is approximately 65 million tons against 106.5 million tons last year.
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Source: korrespondent
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