During the sowing season 2022, Ukraine sowed 11.84 million hectares of land with the main agricultural crops, which is 82.2% of the 14.4 million hectares planned for the current season, including 1.94 million hectares, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food announced on Friday.
According to the data published on its website, as of May 19, the area under sunflower crops is 3.94 million hectares (80% of the 4.93 million hectares planned for 2022), corn – 4.17 million hectares (86% of 4.85 million ha), spring barley – 927,500 ha (92.6% of 1.02 million ha), spring wheat – 188,600 ha (99.4% of 189,600 ha), oats – 156,800 ha (95.8% of 163,600 ha), peas – 124,800 ha (86% of 145,700 ha).
In addition, the sown area under potatoes is 1.07 million hectares (90% of 1.19 million hectares), soybeans – 728,600 ha (78.6% of 1.25 million ha), sugar beet – 182,000 ha (88% of 206,900 ha), spring rapeseed – 28,400 ha (95.3% of 29,800 ha), millet – 32,100 ha (51.5% from 62,300 ha), buckwheat – 37,400 ha (46% of 81,600 ha).
“The sowing season in Ukraine continues. As a result, almost 98% of the areas projected for spring wheat have already been sown,” the Ministry of Agrarian Policy said in a statement.
In addition, in 2021, winter crops were sown for the 2022 harvest on a total area of 7.7 million hectares, including 6.5 million hectares of winter wheat, 1 million hectares of barley and 0.16 million hectares of rye.
During the sowing season 2022, Ukraine sowed 9.9 million hectares of land with the main agricultural crops, which is 68.7% of the 14.4 million hectares planned for the current season, including 2.8 million hectares, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food announced on Friday.
According to the data published on its website, as of May 12, the area under sunflower crops totaled 3.29 million hectares (66% of the 4.93 million hectares planned for 2022), corn – 3.24 million hectares (67% of 4.85 million hectares). hectares), spring barley – 918,800 hectares (89.7% of 1.02 million hectares), spring wheat – 187,500 hectares (98.8% of 189,600 hectares), oats – 156,700 hectares (95.7% of 163,600 hectares), peas – 123,900 hectares (85% of 145,700 hectares).
In addition, the sown area under potatoes is 1.01 million hectares (85.2% of 1.19 million hectares), soybeans – 728,600 hectares (58.1% of 1.25 million hectares), sugar beet – 181,400 hectares (87.7% of 206,900 hectares), spring rapeseed – 26,700 hectares (89.5% of 29,800 hectares), millet – 22,500 hectares (36.1% of 62,300 hectares), buckwheat – 12,200 hectares (14.9% of 81,600 hectares).
“The agrarians of Ukraine, in spite of everything, are sowing. As a result, almost 90% of the areas predicted for spring crops of the early group have already been sown. In Volyn, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk regions, spring wheat is sown on 10-15% more areas than last year,” the ministry said.
In addition, in 2021, winter crops were sown for the 2022 harvest on a total area of 7.7 million hectares, including 6.5 million hectares of winter wheat, 1 million hectares of barley and 0.16 million hectares of rye.
Ukraine as of April 25 had sowed 2.1 million hectares (86% of the forecast) with early grain and leguminous crops.
According to a report on the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, 1.4 million hectares was sown with spring barley (86% of the plan), 157,000 hectares with oats (77%), 144,000 hectares with wheat (82%), and 386,000 ha with peas (91%).
In addition, corn was sown on one million hectares (22%), sugar beets on 239,000 hectares (79%), sunflower on 1.9 million hectares (34%), and soybeans on 172,000 hectares (9%).
Winter crops for grain were fertilized in 14 regions of Ukraine on an area of about 7.2 million hectares (99%).
As reported, with reference to the ministry, the area under early spring grains in 2018 will amount to 2.38 million hectares.
