Six regions in Ukraine exceeded fertilizer procurement plan

The Ukrainian agriproducers continue procurement of fertilizers for autumn fieldworks. As of September 20th, 651.48 thou. t of fertilizers were purchased, 88% of the required amount for summer and autumn fieldworks, SuperAgronom.com reports.

By the data of the Agrarian Ministry, the fertilizer procurement plan has been exceeded in 6 regions.

In Ternopil region, agrarians purchased 28.8 thou. t of fertilizers (131% of the demand), in Odesa region — 53.2 thou. t (125%), in Vinnytsya region — 68.3 thou. t (111%).

More than the planned volume of mineral fertilizers was also purchased by agricultural enterprises of Kherson (110%), Zaporizhzhya (107%) and Kharkiv (105%) regions.

Agricultural enterprises need 736.6 thou. t of mineral fertilizers to carry out a complex of summer-autumn fieldworks in 2019.

In late August of the current year, agricultural enterprises purchased 290.6 thou. t of mineral fertilizers.