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.