The pace of planting faster, but still yield togoron

As of April 16, the early grain and leguminous crops in Ukraine were sown at 1.2 million hectares, which represents 51% of the planned amount.

According to the Ministry of agriculture is now planted:

the

peas 265 hectares (63%);

wheat is 70 thousand hectares (40%);

oats 67 thousand ha (32%);

sunflower 211 thousand hectares (4%);

sugar beet 86 thousand hectares (28%).

• spring barley 828 thousand hectares (52% of the planned areas);

Examination of crops were recorded from planted winter grains for the harvest-2018 7.3 million hectares of shoots were obtained on 99.8% are in good condition are 6.5 million ha (90%), and in a weak 0.7 m ha (10%).

planted winter rapeseed 1 million hectares of shoots were obtained on 99% are in good condition are 892,4 thousand hectares (89%), and weak 103,2 thousand hectares (11%).

In Russia the early grain and leguminous 4.1% of the projected area, or 1.3 million hectares to 2.2 million hectares on the same date in 2017.

in Particular, on the specified date planted:

the

spring barley 422,3 thousand hectares (5.5 percent) compared to 1.2 million hectares in 2017;

corn 279,7 thousand hectares (9.3 per cent) against 237,3 thousand hectares in 2017;

sunflower 368,6 thousand hectares (4,9%) against 485 thousand hectares in 2017.

• spring wheat 69,1 thousand ha (0.5% of the forecast) against 200,9 thousand hectares in 2017;