In Ukraine, only 30% of winter rapeseed for the 2026 harvest has been sown in optimal terms.

In southern and eastern Ukraine, the weather remains extremely dry, which reduces the potential yield of sunflower and corn crops, and also prevents the sowing of winter rapeseed, writes graintrade. As of September 1, 2025, in Ukraine, 377 thousand hectares have been sown with winter rapeseed, which is 33.8% of the planned 1.114 million hectares, with the largest areas sown in Vinnytsia and Ternopil regions – 85 thousand and 78 thousand hectares, respectively. Recall that as of September 2, 2024, 446.2 thousand hectares had been sown with winter rapeseed in Ukraine, which was 37.8% of the planned 1.18 million hectares, but the season's total area reached 1.3 million hectares, although some crops were lost in winter and spring. The optimal sowing period for rapeseed in Ukraine is from August 5 to September 5, but given the forecasts of dry and hot weather in the next two weeks, farmers will not be sowing, and only in the event of precipitation will some farmers risk sowing rapeseed ...