Ukraine and Belarus have almost completed sowing of spring crops, while Russia has sown only 43%

< span style="font-size:14px;" > according to the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, as of May 13, domestic farmers sowed 5.9 million hectares of spring grain and leguminous crops, or 78% of the planned area.

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• < span style="font-size:14px;">spring wheat – 174.7 thousand hectares or 99% of the forecast,< / span> < / li>
• < span style="font-size:14px;">spring barley-1.33 million ha or 96%,< / span> < / li>
• < span style="font-size:14px;">oats – 186.8 thousand ha or 96%,< / span> < / li>
• < span style="font-size:14px;">peas – 229.6 thousand ha or 98%,< / span> < / li>
• < span style="font-size:14px;">corn per grain – 3.9 million hectares or 74%.

< span style= " font-size: 14px;" > in addition, industrial crops are sown with:< / span>< / p>

• < span style="font-size:14px;">sunflower – 4.6 million ha or 72% of the forecast,< / span> < / li>
• < span style="font-size:14px;">soy – 626 thousand ha or 45%,< / span>< / li>
• < span style="font-size:14px;">sugar beet – 226.2 thousand hectares or 100%.

< span style="font-size:14px;" > in Russia, as of the specified date, 22.2 million hectares, or 43.1% of the planned area, were sown with spring crops.

< span style="font-size:14px;">12.3 million hectares or 42.1% of the forecast were sown with spring grains, in particular:< / span>< / p>

• < span style="font-size:14px;">spring wheat – 4.1 million ha or 32.5%,< / span>< / li>
• < span style="font-size:14px;">spring barley – 4.7 million ha or 61.3%,< / span> < / li>
• < span style="font-size:14px;">corn per grain – 1.6 million hectares or 56%.

< span style= " font-size: 14px;" > also seeded:< / span>< / p>

• < span style="font-size:14px;">sunflower – 4.1 million ha or 47.5% of the forecast,< / span>< / li>
• < span style="font-size:14px;">spring rapeseed - 502 thousand ha or 40.5%,< / span> < / li>
• < span style="font-size:14px;">soy-543.1 thousand ha or 17.8%,< / span>< / li>
• < span style="font-size:14px;">sugar beet – 877.5 thousand hectares or 82.6%.

< span style="font-size:14px;">as of May 14, Belarusian farmers sowed 1.066 million hectares of spring grain and leguminous crops, or 98.9% of the planned 1.078 million hectares.

< span style="font-size:14px;" > in particular, 271.5 thousand hectares or 100.8% of the planned 269.3 thousand hectares were sown with corn for grain as of the specified date, and 42.5 thousand hectares or 98.2% of the planned 43.3 thousand hectares were sown with spring rapeseed.