Ukrainian farmers already sown 2.8 mln ha with winter crs

That’s according to the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Picy and Food of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports.

“The sowing of winter crs is underway across all regions, with a total of 1.8 million hectares already sown. 932.9 thousand hectares were sown with winter rapeseed,” the report says.

In particular, 1.7 million hectares of winter wheat, 119.4 thousand hectares of barley, 34.8 thousand hectares of rye have been already sown.

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The leading regions for the sowing of winter crs are the Vyn region – 97.5 thousand (58.9%), Ptava region – 136.8 thousand (55%), the Kirovohrad region – 173.4 thousand (44.2%), and the Ternil region -106.6 thousand (54.1%).

At the same time, farmers in the Vyn, Rivne, Zakarpattia, Ternil, Odesa, Chernihiv, and Lviv regions have completed sowing of winter rape.

As reported, as of September 27, farmers in Ukraine gathered 50.4 million tonnes of new crs from an area of 14.2 million hectares.