Sowing season: 2.8 million hectares of winter crops planted in Ukraine, with Volyn leading the way

Ukrainian farmers have already sown 2.8 million hectares of winter crops. Winter crops are being sown in all regions, with a total of 1.8 million hectares sown. This was reported on Tuesday by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, UNN reports . 

In particular, it has been sown:

• winter wheat - 1.7 million hectares;

• winter barley - 119.4 thou hectares;

• winter rye - 34.8 thousand hectares.

Winter rape was also sown on  932.9 thou hectares.

According to the Ministry, the leaders in sowing winter crops are farmers in Volyn region - 97.5 thou hectares (58.9%), Poltava region - 136.8 thou hectares (55%), Kirovohrad region - 173.4 thou hectares (44.2%), Ternopil region - 106.6 thou hectares (54.1%).

Farmers in Volyn, Rivne, Zakarpattia, Ternopil, Odesa, Chernihiv and Lviv regions have completed sowing winter rape.