Millet has the advantage as an insurance crop and is a competitive advantage for Ukraine in the EU market.

Despite being a niche crop, millet has a strong advantage—it is an insurance crop due to its short growing period. This was stated by the director of the Grunweg plant, Andriy Ruchkin, for Latifundist.com. The plant, where millet is produced, was visited by our colleagues as part of the "Processing 2025" agro tour, which took place in partnership with Raiffeisen Bank. "If you sow green mass for silage for cows, after harvesting it, you can still sow millet. In the same year, on the same land, you will get a second harvest. Or winter crops. If your winter was bad, you come out in the spring and see that there is no point. Then you disk the land, sow millet, and you still have a harvest," explained Andriy Ruchkin. He noted that there are farms in Ukraine that specialize in millet and have good results. "I have seen farms with a yield of 5.5 tons per hectare at an average yield of 3-4 tons per hectare. But millet is a niche crop: in one year you will earn as much as in the previous ...