As of October 18, agricultural enterprises had sown 2.8 million hectares of winter crops.
This follows from a statement by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
According to the statement, 58% of the projected area is sown with winter grains.
In particular, a total of 2.5 million hectares were sown with wheat (61% of the forecast), 265,000 hectares with barley (39%), and 69,000 hectares with rye (81%).
During the previous week, 954,000 hectares of winter crops were sown for grain.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, in September, farmers began sowing winter crops.
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