As of April 4, farmers across Ukraine have planted 926 thousand hectares of spring grains and legumes, and have commenced sunflower sowing.
This information is reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
According to the ministry, the largest share of sowings is attributed to barley — 551.8 thousand hectares. Spring wheat has been sown on 116.5 thousand hectares, peas on 164.3 thousand hectares, and oats on 82.3 thousand hectares.
The leading regions in planting pace are:
Odessa region: 92.3 thousand hectares (wheat — 5.8 thousand hectares, barley — 30.1 thousand hectares, peas — 51.9 thousand hectares, oats — 1.3 thousand hectares);
Ternopil region: 87.4 thousand hectares (wheat — 14 thousand hectares, barley — 63.8 thousand hectares, peas — 4.1 thousand hectares, oats — 5.1 thousand hectares);
Poltava region: 83.2 thousand hectares (wheat — 4.2 thousand hectares, barley — 66.5 thousand hectares, peas — 9.4 thousand hectares, oats — 3.1 thousand hectares);
Mykolaiv region: 73.6 thousand hectares (wheat — 4.5 thousand hectares, barley — 42 thousand hectares, peas — 26.5 thousand hectares, oats — 0.6 thousand hectares);
Vinnytsia region: 72.6 thousand hectares (wheat — 11.5 thousand hectares, barley — 53 thousand hectares, peas — 7 thousand hectares, oats — 1.1 thousand hectares).
Additionally, 33 thousand hectares have been sown with sunflowers, 64.8 thousand hectares with sugar beets, and 2.6 thousand hectares with soybeans.
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Reminder: More than 5.7 million hectares of spring grains and legumes are planned for sowing by 2025, matching the levels of 2024.