At TG Agro, they explained why they decided to abandon monoculture.

This year, the autumn harvest campaign at TG Agro was halted by rains. Overall, in terms of moisture levels, this year has been successful for spring crops in the Kyiv region—approximately 550 mm of precipitation fell throughout the year. This was stated by Serhiy Voynelovich, the director of TG Agro, in an article on Latifundist.com as part of the special project "The Salt of the Earth: Stories of Ukrainian Agrarians" supported by FUIB. In previous years, it was significantly drier, although the average amount of precipitation remains stable, it is just distributed unevenly, he explains. And he adds that for TG Agro, sowing sunflower was a forced step, but the result exceeded expectations. For example, this year, they are harvesting with an average yield of 2.6 t/ha and an oil content of 51%. They have formed a technological map to adapt the work with the crop to local soils. He acknowledges that there is a problem with hail. Even three years after sowing, it is still seen in ...