In Ukraine, corn sowing rates have increased, but sunflower sowing rates are still lower than last year's.

As of May 23, Ukrainian farmers have sown 5.3 million hectares or 94% of the planned area with spring grain and legume crops (5.4 million tons at this time last year). Heavy rains are delaying sowing, but are helping the crops develop.

Yes, on the specified date the following was sown:

• wheat – 215.3 thousand hectares or 95% of the planned area (compared to 252.5 thousand hectares last year),
• barley – 743.6 thousand hectares or 96% (782.2 thousand hectares),
• peas – 212 thousand hectares or 98% (162.5 thousand hectares),
• oats – 158.4 thousand hectares or 98% (163.7 thousand hectares),
• corn – 3.76 million hectares or 93% (3.8 million hectares) ,
• buckwheat – 49.7 thousand hectares or 56% (85.5 thousand hectares),
• millet – 43.9 thousand hectares or 58% (60 thousand hectares),

At the same time, late crops were sown in:

• sunflower – 4.35 million hectares or 86% of the planned (4.96 million hectares last year), with the largest area in the Dnipropetrovsk region (668.4 thousand hectares);
• soybeans – 2 million hectares or 84% (1.83 million hectares),
• sugar beets – 217.7 thousand hectares or 99% (250.1 thousand hectares), Leader of Vinnytsia Region – 50.5 thousand hectares

The following regions became the leaders in terms of sowing rates:

• Poltava region: 545.2 thousand hectares (wheat – 4.5 thousand hectares, barley – 69.1 thousand hectares, peas – 9.6 thousand hectares, oats – 3.1 thousand hectares, corn – 452.8 thousand hectares);
• Chernihiv region: 476.5 thousand hectares (wheat – 12 thousand hectares, barley – 13 thousand hectares, peas – 9.4 thousand hectares, oats – 23.5 thousand hectares, corn – 406.7 thousand hectares);
• Vinnytsia region: 393.8 thousand hectares (wheat – 11.5 thousand hectares, barley – 53 thousand hectares, peas – 7 thousand hectares, oats – 1.1 thousand hectares, corn – 309.1 thousand hectares);
• Sumy region: 385.8 thousand hectares (wheat – 21.5 thousand hectares, barley – 18.2 thousand hectares, peas – 5.8 thousand hectares, oats – 9.8 thousand hectares, corn – 326.3 thousand hectares).
• Cherkasy region: 372.6 thousand hectares (wheat – 2 thousand hectares, barley – 30.2 thousand hectares, peas – 5 thousand hectares, oats – 0.8 thousand hectares, corn – 331.1 thousand hectares).

It is worth noting that, thanks to the early spring in the Russian Federation, the sowing rates of spring crops are ahead of last year's, and as of May 20, 37.3 million hectares or 67% of the planned area had been sown with them, while sunflowers had been sown on 8.4 million hectares or 77.5% of the planned area, which is 1.5 million hectares more than on this date last year .