A high sunflower yield of 6 tons per hectare can only be achieved with early sowing — expert

The price of sunflower has already reached 30 thousand UAH per tonne. This means that with a yield of 4 t/ha, one can obtain 120 thousand UAH. However, in reality, the average sunflower yield in Ukrainian farms is lower. The reason for this, according to Oleksii Serhiienko, an expert in agricultural technologies and head of the company ArtFields, is the late sowing dates. Writes SuperAgronom.com. "In my practice, I have sown sunflower on an area of more than 100 thousand hectares, and together with my fellow agronomists, we came to the conclusion that early sowing dates for sunflower (end of March - beginning of April) yield better results. I obtained more than 6.2 t/ha for sunflower on a considerable area. This was for earlier sowing dates, but in physically ripe soil. And with the use of cold-resistant varieties," he adds. In conditions of early sowing, the root system develops better. Therefore, if possible, Oleksii Serhiienko advises sowing sunflower in three terms: "Last ...