Ukraine as of May 21 had sowed spring grains and legumes on 6.9 million hectares, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food has said.
According to the report, this figure is 93% of the forecasted areas.
Early spring grain crops were sown on 2.3 million hectares (96%), in particular wheat on 166,000 hectares (95%), barley on 1.5 million hectares (96%), oats on 189,000 hectares (92%), and peas on 416,000 hectares (99%).
Corn for grain was sowed on 4.4 million hectares (95%), buckwheat on 69,000 hectares (46%), and millet on 32,000 hectares (57%).
In addition, the sowing of industrial crops continues. Currently 280,000 hectares have been sown with sugar beets (94% to the forecast), 5.4 million hectares (98%) with sunflower, and 1.6 million hectares (81%) with soybeans.
