Winter crop sowing almost complete, with less than 3% of planned area remaining

As of November 18, Ukrainian farmers sowed 6,389,900 hectares of winter crops, which is 97.5% of the projected area.

This is said in a statement by the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture, the Ukrainian News agency reports.

In particular, winter wheat was sown on 4,659,700 hectares; winter barley - 582,200 hectares and winter rye - 66,100 hectares.

The Odesa, Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk Regions are among the leaders in grain plantings.

Grain sowing has already been completed in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne and Chernihiv Regions.

Agricultural producers in all regions have virtually completed sowing winter rapeseed. 1,081,900 hectares were sown, which is 96% of the projected area.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, as of November 11, 2025, Ukrainian agrarians sowed 6,194,500 hectares of winter crops, which is 94.5% of the projected area.