Rapeseed planting 2021: largest sown area by regions in Ukraine
22 September 2021, 06:00
Winter rapeseed sowing in Ukraine was 86% completed as of 20 September. For the country's next crop, winter rapeseed is to be planted on 1.028,67 mln ha.
Rapeseed sown area in Ukraine in the 2021/22 season is projected to increase by 2%, 19.2 thou. ha (2020/21: 1.009,5 mln ha).
The top 10 regions of Ukraine in terms of rapeseed production area in 2021/22:
| Region | Sown area, thou. ha (proj.) | Sown area as of 20 Sept., thou. ha |
| Odesa | 120 | 75.80 (63%) |
| Kherson | 98.7 | 66.20 (67%) |
| Dnipropetrovsk | 92.5 | 89.70 (97%) |
| Zaporizhzhya | 73.97 | 53.29 (72%) |
| Khmelnytsky | 72 | 72 (100%) |
| Mykolaiv | 70 | 48 (69%) |
| Ternopil | 64.5 | 64.5 (100%) |
| Vinnytsya | 60 | 60 (100%) |
| Volyn | 50 | 50 (100%) |
| Lviv | 50 | 43.30 (87%) |
In 2020/21, rapeseed production in Ukraine reached 2.55 mln t on 1.11 mln ha. The crop yielded 2.29 t/ha on average in Ukraine.
Winter crops sowing in Ukraine was 17% done in Ukraine as of 20 September.
