A shortage of pea seed material is expected — an opinion

During the Agro Innovation 2024 conference, Ihor Brykovets, head of the grain and technical crops department of the Eridon company, said that there may be a shortage of leguminous seeds in Ukraine. It can already be during the sowing of 2025 spring crops. Agro 24 writes. Farmers who grow chickpeas in the south are expected to have problems next season. There is a certain shortage of seeds in Europe and Turkey on foreign markets, and it was impossible to bring certified seeds of foreign genetics to Ukraine. In addition, experts predict problems with pea seeds. It will not be enough, because today India has opened the markets, and until November of this year, the import of peas into the country is allowed without any problems. Areas under winter and spring barley are also reduced. "Today there are two ships in Odessa, and it is impossible to fill them with commercial barley, because there is none. I believe that the season for sowing winter barley seeds ...