Sowing campaign in Ukraine has slowed down due to weather conditions

As of April 25, in Ukraine spring crops were sown 43% of the planned areas, whereas last year on this date it was planted with 53% of the area.

More behind the sowing campaign of maize, soybean and sunflower. The decrease in air temperature and a large amount of precipitation observed over the past week, increase the time of the sowing for another 5-7 days.

currently, spring grains and leguminous 3.1 million hectares or 43% of the planned sowing 7.2 million hectares, including early grains planted 2.3 million hectares or 96% of the projected 2.4 million hectares, namely:

• barley 1.5 million hectares or 93% of the planned 1.6 million hectares
• peas 375 thousand hectares, or 114% of the planned 330 thousand hectares,
• oats 195 thousand hectares or 94% of the planned 207 thousand hectares,
• wheat 160 thousand hectares or 89% of the planned 180 thousand hectares.

in addition on a specified date planted:

• corn 836 thousand hectares or 19% from the projected 4.5 million ha (whereas in 25.04.2016 was planted 2,023 million hectares or 45% of plan)
• sunflower 1.8 million hectares or 33% from the forecast of 5.4 million hectares,
• soy 100 thousand hectares or 5% of the expected 1.9 million hectares
• sugar beet 284 thousand hectares or 97% of the expected 293 thousand hectares.