As of May 5, farmers of all categories of farms had sown more than two-fifths of the planned area for grain and leguminous crops. The highest sowing rates are demonstrated by farms in the central and southern regions. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture, Uaprom.info reports. The PromPolitInform portal informs.
In total, 2609.0 thousand hectares were sown, or 43% of the forecast for grain and leguminous crops. Of these:
spring wheat – 177.9 thousand hectares;
spring barley – 687.3 thousand hectares;
peas – 252.6 thousand hectares;
oats – 135.4 thousand hectares;
corn – 1346.7 thousand hectares;
millet – 5.2 thousand hectares.
In addition, farmers of Sumy and Kharkiv regions began to sow buckwheat – 0.64 thousand hectares were sown.
Leaders among the regions:
Poltava region – 294.3 thousand hectares (wheat – 4.9 thousand hectares, barley – 65.1 thousand hectares, peas – 12.1 thousand hectares, oats – 1.9 thousand hectares, corn – 210.3 thousand hectares);
Odesa region – 193.4 thousand hectares (wheat – 10 thousand hectares, barley – 35 thousand hectares, peas – 95 thousand hectares, oats – 1.2 thousand hectares, corn – 22.3 thousand hectares, millet – 0.4 thousand hectares);
Kyiv region – 183.8 thousand hectares (wheat – 25.6 thousand hectares, barley – 39 thousand hectares, peas – 5.5 thousand hectares, oats – 6 thousand hectares, corn – 107 thousand hectares, millet – 0.6 thousand hectares).
Also, sowing of technical crops continues. In total, 2,066.8 thousand hectares have been sown. In particular, sugar beets have been sown on 182.9 thousand hectares (93% of the forecast), sunflowers – 1,506.8 thousand hectares (30%), soybeans – 377.1 thousand hectares (18%).
