Sowing campaign 2026: nearly a third of areas planted with corn and sunflower
5 May 2026, 14:40
As of May 5, according to the Ministry of Economy, 2.6 million hectares of grains and pulses have been sown in Ukraine, or 43% of the plan. Sowing is most active in the central and southern regions.
As of the reported date, the following has been sown:
- spring wheat — 177.9 thousand ha (95%)
- spring barley — 687.3 thousand ha (91%)
- peas — 252.6 thousand ha (92%)
- oats — 135.4 thousand ha (98%)
- corn — 1,346.7 thousand ha (30%)
- millet — 5.2 thousand ha (13%)
Growers in Sumy and Kharkiv regions have begun sowing buckwheat, with 0.64 thousand ha planted (1%).
Regional leaders:
- Poltava region — 294.3 thousand ha (wheat — 4.9 thousand ha, barley — 65.1 thousand ha, peas — 12.1 thousand ha, oats — 1.9 thousand ha, corn — 210.3 thousand ha)
- Odesa region — 193.4 thousand ha (wheat — 10 thousand ha, barley — 35 thousand ha, peas — 95 thousand ha, oats — 1.2 thousand ha, corn — 22.3 thousand ha, millet — 0.4 thousand ha)
- Kyiv region — 183.8 thousand ha (wheat — 25.6 thousand ha, barley — 39 thousand ha, peas — 5.5 thousand ha, oats — 6 thousand ha, corn — 107 thousand ha, millet — 0.6 thousand ha)
Sowing of industrial crops is also ongoing. In total, 2,066.8 thousand ha have been planted. Sugar beet accounts for 182.9 thousand ha (93% of the forecast), sunflower — 1,506.8 thousand ha (30%), and soybeans — 377.1 thousand ha (18%).
