More than 2 million hectares of winter crops sown in Ukraine

UkrAgroConsult

Winter crops sowing continues, with 2,179 thou hectares already planted. Winter rapeseed is planted on 1 038 thou hectares, grain – on 1141 thou hectares, including: wheat – on 1024 thou hectares, barley – on 74 thou hectares, rye – on 42 thou hectares.

Over the previous week, farmers sowed 556 thsd ha of winter crops.

As of the end of September, Dnipropetrovs’k region sowed the most crops: 116.3 thou hectares of grain and 111.9 thou hectares of rapeseed.

Volyn region is the leader in rye sowing – 11 thou hectares.

Barley was planted on 7.4 thou hectares in Vinnytsia region.

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