Sowing Online 2020/21: spring crops 98% planted in Ukraine by June 3

As of June 3, spring grain and leguminous crops were planted on 7.4 mln ha in Ukraine, which makes up 98% of the planned 7.52 mln ha, the data of the Sowing Online project show.

Planted areas in Ukraine as of the reporting date:

• wheat: 175.4 thou. ha or 99% of the planned 176.6 thou. ha
• barley: 1.34 mln ha, 96% of 1.39 mln ha
• oats: 187.25 thou. ha, 96% of 194.05 thou. ha
• peas: 234.24 thou. ha, 100% of 235.4 thou. ha
• sugar beet: 227.14 thou. ha, 100% of 226.9 thou. ha
• corn: 5.3 mln ha, 99% of 5.33 mln ha
• sunflower: 6.38 mln ha, 100% of 6.4 mln ha
• soybean: 1.33 mln ha, 95% of 1.4 mln ha
• buckwheat: 63.82 thou. ha, 80% of 79.6 thou. ha
• millet: 96.71 thou. ha, 83% of 116.8 thou. ha

Grains bulk yield in Ukraine in 2021 is forecasted 8.8% higher YoY by the National Scientific Center Institute of Agrarian Economics.

USDA in its May report put the forecast for wheat production in Ukraine in 2021/22 at 29 mln t, 14% higher YoY, and corn at 37.5 mln t, 24% above the 2020/21 estimate.