April 4, 2012

Ukraine plants over one million ha early spring grains

As of April 2, Ukraine planted early spring grains and leguminous crops throughout the areas of 1.015 million ha, or 25% of the plan, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported.

In particular, as of the reporting date, agrarians sowed spring wheat throughout 104,300 ha (37% of the plan), barley - nearly 694,000 ha (22%), oats - 116,000 ha (37%), peas - 95,900 ha (33%).

By April 2, Ukraine started the sowing campaign of sunflower seed, and sowed the oilseed throughout 1,800 ha.

As a reminder, taking into account the losses and resowing of winter crops areas, the sowing areas of grain crops are forecasted at the level of 15.8 million ha, almost at the level of 2011. In the group of spring grains agrarians plan to increase corn for grain sowing areas to the level of 4.5-five million ha (up 1-1.5 million ha compared to 2011), barley - to 3.2 million ha (up 600,000 ha compared with 2011), and also depending on the sizes of resowing areas, agrarians planned expansion of sowings of oats, peas, grain sorghum, soy and cereals.