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Farmers sow 3.8 million hectares of winter wheat

Farmers sow 3.8 million hectares of winter wheat

As of November 22, agricultural enterprises had sowed 4.4 million hectares with winter crops.

This follows from a statement by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, the Ukrainian News agency reports.

According to it, 94% of the projected area is sown with winter grains.

In particular, 3.8 million hectares (94% of the forecast) were sown with wheat, 613,000 hectares (91%) with barley, 79,200 hectares (93%) with rye.

During the previous week, 61,000 hectares of winter crops were sown for grain.

According to the report, farmers in Vinnytsia, Volyn, Kyiv, Poltava, Ternopil, and Bukovyna have completed sowing of winter crops, and farmers in Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, Lviv, and Chernihiv are nearing completion.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, in September, farmers began sowing winter crops.