Ukraine. 12 regions completed the sowing of spring crops of the early group

UkrAgroConsult

No matter how hard it is for our farmers, sowing continues in Ukraine. Vinnytsia, Volyn, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Ternopil and Khmelnytsky regions have completely completed the sowing of spring crops of the early group. In general, almost 80% of the areas predicted for spring crops of the early group have already been sown.

As of 05.05.2022, the projected sown areas of the main spring crops for the 2022 harvest in the territory controlled by Ukraine are 14,138.8 thousand hectares, which is 2,777.5 thousand hectares less
from last year’s figure (16,916.3 thousand hectares).

According to the operative data of the structural subdivisions of the military administrations that ensure the implementation of functions on agro-industrial development, the sowing of spring crops is carried out by 23 regions of Ukraine, except Luhansk, where fighting is taking place in almost the entire territory.

So all categories of farms are sown (planted):

• spring wheat 186.1 thousand hectares;
• spring barley 853.8 thousand hectares;
• spring rape 26.2 thousand hectares;
• oats 153.5 thousand hectares;
• peas 119.6 thousand hectares;
• buckwheat 5 thousand hectares;
• millet 18.2 thousand hectares;
• corn 1976.6 thousand hectares;
• sugar beets 175.4 thousand hectares;
• sunflower 2,399.3 thousand hectares;
• soybeans 335.5 thousand hectares;
• potatoes 850.8 thousand hectares.

The first fertilization of winter crops with nitrogen fertilizers has been completed in agricultural enterprises and crop care is underway.

It will be recalled that according to the State Statistics Service, sowing of winter crops for grain for the 2022 harvest was carried out on an area of ​​7.6 million hectares, which is 0.3 million hectares less than in 2021, including:

• winter wheat and triticale sown 6.5 million hectares, which is 0.3 million hectares less than in 2021, rye sown 109 thousand hectares, or 63 thousand hectares less,
• 969 million hectares of barley were sown, which is 163 thousand hectares less,
• sowing of winter rape was carried out on the area of ​​1 million 414 thousand hectares, which is 442 thousand hectares more than in 2021.

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