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Farmers sowed 2.8 million hectares with winter crops

Farmers sowed 2.8 million hectares with winter crops

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.