Sowing 2025: the rate of sowing sugar beet and sunflower has halved

Weather conditions have slowed down the pace of sowing sugar beets and sunflowers in Vinnytsia Oblast, they are more than twice as slow as last year. An Ukrinform correspondent was informed about this in the Vinnytsia Oblast Agricultural Department. “While we sowed early grains and legumes on time, we are significantly behind in terms of sugar beets and sunflowers. In particular, due to weather conditions and the rapid cooling caused by them. In general, last year, on the corresponding date, the areas sown with these crops were at least twice as large,” the Oblast Agricultural Department reported. The department noted that as of April 11, sugar beets in Vinnytsia Oblast were sown on an area of 18.4 thousand hectares, which is 28% less than the forecast. At the same date last ...