As of May 16, Ukraine had sown 4.95 million hectares with spring grains and legumes, which is 87% of the plan, but slightly behind last year’s figure of 5.1 million hectares, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported on Friday.
According to its data, 631,500 hectares were sown during the week. At the same time, buckwheat is being sown in 11 regions and soybeans in 20.
As noted by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, 3.5 million hectares have already been sown with corn (2.9 million hectares a week earlier), 743,100 hectares with barley (733,400 hectares), 215,200 hectares with spring wheat (212,600 hectares), 208,900 hectares with peas (205,700 hectares), and 157,000 hectares with oats (157,000 hectares). ha (212.6 thousand ha), peas – 208.9 thousand ha (205.7 thousand ha), oats – 157 thousand ha (157 thousand ha), buckwheat – 16.3 thousand ha (7 thousand ha), millet – 25.2 thousand ha (15.7 thousand ha).
According to the plan, corn sowing reached 87%, barley – 96%, spring wheat – 95%, peas – 97%, oats – 98%, buckwheat – 24%, millet – 33%.
Last year, as of May 16, corn was sown on 3.56 million hectares, wheat – 249 thousand hectares, barley – 781.6 thousand hectares, peas – 162.1 thousand hectares, oats – 166.7 thousand hectares, buckwheat – 48.1 thousand hectares, millet – 43.1 thousand hectares.
According to information from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Poltava region leads in terms of sowing rates with 533,400 hectares, followed by Chernihiv region with 435,000 hectares, Vinnytsia region with 368,200 hectares, Kirovohrad region with 362,600 hectares, and Kyiv region with 359,200 hectares.
Technical crops were sown on an area of 3.9 million hectares, compared with 3.432 million hectares a week earlier. In particular, sunflower crops reached 3.9 million hectares (3.5 million hectares a week ago and 4.6 million hectares last year), soybeans – 1.73 million hectares (1.3 million hectares and 1.64 million hectares) and sugar beets – 0.22 million hectares (0.22 million hectares and 0.25 million hectares).
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy notes that sunflower crops currently account for 77% of the plan, soybeans – 72%, and sugar beets – 99%.
