During the sowing campaign-2022, Ukraine sowed 13.4 million hectares of land with the main agricultural crops, which is 93% of the 14.4 million hectares planned for the current season, including 0.22 sown during the week (June 3-9) million hectares, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food announced on Friday.
According to the data published on its website, as of June 9, the area under sunflower crops is 4.69 million hectares (95% of the 4.93 million hectares planned for 2022), corn – 4.63 million hectares (95% of 4.85 million ha), spring barley – 951.2 thousand ha (93% of 1.02 million ha), spring wheat – 191.1 thousand ha (sowing completed), oats – 159.2 thousand ha (97% of 163 .6 thousand ha), peas – 130.6 thousand ha (89% of 145.7 thousand ha).
In addition, the sown area under potatoes is 1.11 million hectares (93% of 1.19 million hectares), soybeans – 1.21 million hectares (97% of 1.25 million hectares), sugar beet – 182.1 thousand hectares. ha (88% of 206.9 thousand ha), spring rapeseed – 33.4 thousand ha (sowing completed), millet – 48.5 thousand ha (78% of 62.3 thousand ha), buckwheat – 74 .9 thousand ha (92% of 81.6 thousand ha).
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy clarified that the area sown this season has already amounted to 81.7% of the indicators of last year, in which 16.92 million hectares were sown.
The ministry stressed that harvesting of winter crops will begin in some regions from next week. They were sown in 2021 on a total area of 7.7 million hectares, including 6.5 million hectares under winter wheat, 1 million hectares under barley, and 0.16 million hectares under rye.
As reported, due to the military aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine this season, a reduction in the acreage of high-margin crops (sunflower and corn) is expected while increasing the acreage of crops that are easier to produce, but important in terms of food security – peas, barley and oats.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal announced on April 20 that Ukraine will sow approximately 14.2 million hectares of agricultural land this season, which is 80% of last year’s figure of 16.9 million hectares.
Earlier, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy estimated the sown area under spring crops in 2022 at 13.44 million hectares compared to 16.92 million hectares in 2021.
Rostislav Shurma, Deputy Head of the President’s Office, called the goal of Ukraine in 2022 to harvest at least 70% of last year’s volumes.
