Agrarians in all regions of Ukraine have started sowing winter crops for grain and are actively sowing rapeseed. As of the beginning of September, 484.1 thou hectares of winter crops have been sown, including 446.2 thou hectares of rapeseed and 37.9 thou hectares of grain, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported.
According to the report, winter wheat has already been sown on 27.7 thousand hectares, winter barley – on 2.2 thousand hectares, winter rye – on 8 thousand hectares.
According to the Ministry, due to favorable weather conditions, rapeseed sowing has already been completed in Volyn, Sumy and Ternopil regions. Agrarians in Vinnytsia, Lviv and Chernivtsi regions have started sowing winter crops.
As of September 5, 699.7 thou hectares of winter crops were sown in Ukraine, including 654.9 thou hectares of rapeseed, 42.5 thou hectares of winter wheat, 1.2 thou hectares of winter barley, and 1.1 thou hectares of winter rye.