Ukrainian farmers have already sown 4.75 million hectares of winter crops during the fall sowing campaign, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy reported on Tuesday, UNN reports.
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Winter crops are reportedly being sown in all regions, with a total of almost 3.7 million hectares sown. In particular:
- winter wheat - 3.3 million hectares,
- winter barley - 331.7 thou hectares,
- winter rye - 51.6 thousand hectares.
Winter rapeseed was sown on 1 million hectares.
As indicated, the leaders in terms of winter grain sowing are farmers in Poltava region - 224.5 thou hectares (90.3%), Ternopil region - 176 thou hectares (89.3%) and Khmelnytsky region - 213.2 thou hectares (88.8%). Farmers in 11 regions have completed sowing winter rapeseed.