Sowing Online 2020/21: key corn production regions in Ukraine
14 June 2021, 07:41
As of June 10, corn planting in Ukraine was completed on 5,342.88 mln ha or 100% of the projected 5.327,3 mln ha.
Under the data of the Sowing Online 2020/21 project, the corn area in Ukraine in the current crop year increased by 399.9 thou. ha, 8% up YoY (2020: 4,927.4 mln ha).
Top 10 regions in terms of corn sown area in 2021 (thou. ha):
| Region | Sown area in 2021 | Sown area in 2020 |
| 1. Poltava | 648.2 | 650.7 |
| 2. Chernihiv | 573.7 | 468.3 |
| 3. Sumy | 447.6 | 416.1 |
| 4. Vinnytsya | 426.8 | 429.8 |
| 5. Cherkasy | 424.5 | 407.1 |
| 6. Kyiv | 415.5 | 342.5 |
| 7. Kirovohrad | 364.2 | 382.1 |
| 8. Dnipropetrovsk | 303 | 307.5 |
| 9. Khmelnytsky | 275 | 238 |
| 10. Kharkiv | 257.92 | 275.5 |
Spring grain and leguminous crops were planted on 7.46 mln ha in Ukraine as of June 10, which makes up 99% of the planned 7.52 mln ha.
Corn production in Ukraine is projected by the USDA at 37.5 mln t in 2021/22.
