The sunflower is losing its position as the most profitable crop in Ukraine due to a decrease in yield.

In Ukrainian farms, there is an increasing trend of abandoning sunflower cultivation, as it is losing its profitability along with the decline in yield in recent years. Instead, they will be sowing other spring crops. This opinion was expressed by Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Vladyslav Cherchel, a professor at the Institute of Cereal Crops of the NAAS, during a roundtable discussion "The Most Profitable Crops in 2026: What Farmers Should Grow," organized by the All-Ukrainian Congress of Farmers. It was reported by SuperAgronom.com. "In 2024, sunflower was in the first place in the structure of profit from product sales (30.4%), followed by corn in second place and soybeans in third place. However, sunflower only wins in those areas where it is possible to obtain at least 2-2.5 tons per hectare. But obtaining a ton of sunflower is practically working at a loss. So, I think that farmers will be looking for other crops," he suggested. Vladyslav Cherchel added that the growth in ...