Almost 6.3 million hectares (87%) of areas planted with winter grain crops are in good and fair condition, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Maksym Martyniuk has written on his Facebook page. According to the report, as of middle of February crops on 971,000 hectares (13%) out of 7.3 million hectares areas planted with winter crops and sprouted are in poor and very poor condition.
The deputy minister said that winter rapeseeds sprouts are seen on 99% out 1 million hectares planted with rapeseeds, including crops in good and fair condition on 884,600 hectares (89%) and crops in poor and very poor condition on 110,000 hectares (11%).
“The data is not final. The further condition of the crops will depend on the weather, but we can give a preliminary cautious forecast that the wintering was successful without significant losses,” Martyniuk wrote. He said that, according to preliminary data from the regions, the crop area for the harvest of 2018 is comparable to last year and is expected to be within 27.2 million hectares. Of these, 14.6 million hectares (54%) under grain crops, which corresponds to the standards of the optimal ratio of crops in the crop rotation.
