As of April 25, Ukraine planted 2.546 thousand hectares with spring grains and legumes, up 1.9 times year-on-year, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported on Friday.
According to the report, 223.3 thousand hectares were planted with wheat (204.7 thousand hectares a week earlier), 761.5 thousand hectares with barley (741.5 thousand hectares), 159.2 thousand hectares with peas (157 thousand hectares), and 146.6 thousand hectares with oats (136.6 thousand hectares).
Last week, the agrarians sowed 492.9 thou hectares of grains and pulses. A week earlier, this figure was 792.6 thou hectares, and 408.6 thou hectares the week before.
According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Kyiv region is the leader in terms of sowing, having planted 27.7 thou hectares of wheat, 40.6 thou hectares of barley, 5.1 thou hectares of peas and 4.3 thou hectares of oats; Dnipropetrovs’k region – 21.1 thou hectares of wheat, 49.9 thou hectares of barley, 14.07 thou hectares of peas, 0.7 thou hectares of oats. hectares of peas, 0.9 thousand hectares of oats; Ternopil – 18.9 thousand hectares of wheat, 63.6 thousand hectares of barley, 3.6 thousand hectares of peas, 0.9 thousand hectares of oats; Ternopil – 18.9 thousand hectares of wheat, 63.6 thousand hectares of barley, 3.6 thousand hectares of peas, 0.9 thousand hectares of oats; Ternopil – 18.9 thousand hectares of wheat, 3.6 thousand hectares of barley, 0.9 thousand hectares of peas, 0.9 thousand hectares of oats; Ternopil – 18.9 thousand hectares of barley, 0.9 thousand hectares of peas, 0.9 thousand hectares of oats. hectares of wheat, 3.6 thousand hectares of barley, 3.6 thousand hectares of peas and 5.1 thousand hectares of oats; Khmelnytsky – 14.8 thousand hectares of wheat, 59.1 thousand hectares of barley, 2.6 thousand hectares of peas and 2.5 thousand hectares of oats; Zhytomyr – 14.7 thousand hectares of wheat, 17.5 thousand hectares of barley, 2.6 thousand hectares of peas and 2.5 thousand hectares of oats. Zhytomyr region – 14.7 thou hectares of wheat, 17.5 thou hectares of barley. hectares of wheat, 17.5 thou hectares of barley, 2.85 thou hectares of peas and 21.1 thou hectares of oats; Vinnytsia region – 11.5 thou hectares of wheat, 55 thou hectares of barley, 6 thou hectares of peas and 1.1 thou hectares of oats.
Sunflower was planted on 1,996.9 thou hectares, soybeans – 208.6 thou hectares, sugar beets – 238.7 thou hectares. Agrarians in Vinnytsia, Poltava, Khmelnytsky, Bukovyna and Chernihiv regions have completed sowing sugar beet.
According to the April forecast of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, in 2024, gross production of grains and oilseeds in the country is expected to reach 74 million tons, including about 52.4 million tons of grains and 21.7 million tons of oilseeds.
In 2024, farmers will be able to harvest 19.2 million tons of wheat (22.2 million tons in 2023), 4.9 million tons of barley (5.7 million tons), 26.7 million tons of corn (30.5 million tons), 5.2 million tons of soybeans (4.7 million tons), 12.4 million tons of sunflower (12.9 million tons), and 4.1 million tons of rapeseed (4.7 million tons).
In 2024, the planted areas of grains and pulses are forecasted at 10.6 mln ha, which is 395 thou ha lower than in 2023.
