14 June 2021, 07:41, Grain

Sowing Online 2020/21: key corn production regions in Ukraine

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.

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