Weather is delaying the sowing of winter crops and the harvesting of sunflower, which is holding back sales of agricultural products.

Prolonged precipitation, especially in the western regions of Ukraine, is delaying the sowing of winter wheat and the harvesting of sunflower and soybeans, causing farmers to hold back on sales and increasing prices for Ukrainian agricultural products. This is reported by GrainTrade. According to the Ministry of Economy, as of October 9, 33 million tons of new crop grain have been harvested from 67% of the threshed area in Ukraine, including 3.4 million tons of corn from 15% of the area with a yield of 5.4 t/ha, although a year ago at this time 10.6 million tons were harvested from 48% of the area with a yield of 5.58 t/ha. The harvesting of oil crops is also delayed, and currently: 3.4 million tons of sugar beets have been harvested from 35% of the area with a yield of 49.8 t/ha. As of October 7, 2025, Ukrainian farmers have sown 3,557.0 million hectares with winter crops, which is almost 50% of the projected area. On the specified date, the following areas were sown with winter ...