Sowing Online 2021/22: winter crops 94% planted in Ukraine
As of 8 November, winter crops planting in Ukraine was completed on 7.33 mln ha, representing 94% of the projected area (7.84 mln ha). Vinnytsya, Volyn, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattya, Ivano-Frankivsk, Luhansk, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Kmelnytsly, Cherkasy and Chernihiv regions have completed winter grains planting, 100% of the planned area is covered.
Sowing progress in Ukraine as of the reporting date:
- winter wheat: 6.248 mln ha, 94% of 6.658 mln ha
- winter barley: 924.35 thou. ha, 91% of 1.021 mln ha
- winter rye: 158.49 thou. ha, 99% of 160.65 thou. ha
Winter rapeseed sowing in Ukraine was 99% completed on 1.022 mln ha of the planned 1.028 mln ha. This oilseed crop sowing was finalized in 20 regions. Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions exceeded the planned areas having sown 105% and 113% of rapeseed, respectively. Producers of Zakarpattya do not plant winter rapeseed.
The new crop progress in Ukraine as of 4 November came to 67.8 mln t of grains and legumes on 13.8 mln ha. The average yield made up 4.9 t/ha.
