As of May 19, agricultural enterprises sowed 4.693 million hectares of grain and leguminous crops for the 2023 harvest.
This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
In particular, spring wheat was sown on an area of 256,900 hectares, spring barley - on 759,600 hectares, peas - on 132,700 hectares, oats - on 143,100 hectares, corn - on 3.266 million hectares, buckwheat - on 43,300 hectares, millet - on 24,700 hectares, other cereals and legumes - on 66,600 hectares.
Over the past week, farmers sowed 1.106 million grains and legumes, including 1 million hectares of corn.
Sowing of sugar beets is coming to an end, so far it has been carried out on an area of 207,400 hectares.
Farmers sowed sunflower on an area of 3,965,900 hectares.
Soybeans were sown on an area of 1,260,900 hectares.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, Ukraine plans to sow more than 13 million hectares of agricultural land this year.
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food predicts a decrease in the harvest of grain and leguminous crops by 16.6% or 8.8 million tons to 44.3 million tons in 2023 compared to 2022.
At the same time, the gross production of oil crops is expected to increase to 19.2 million tons against 18.2 million tons the previous year.
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