For the South, winter crops, flax, and lentils are relevant, but there is a possibility of returning some areas to sunflower cultivation.

Spring drought is a traditional challenge for farmers in Southern Ukraine. However, this year the situation has become particularly critical: over 100 days without any productive rainfall. Such prolonged absence of precipitation has forced farmers to significantly change their crop rotations, cultivation technologies, and approach to moisture conservation. In a comment for SuperAgronom.com, Oleksandr Kotyhora, the manager for the development of agricultural technologies in the Southern region of LNZ Group, said: "According to local farms, the southern regions of Ukraine experienced over three months of complete drought during the spring-summer period this year. The moisture from the upper soil layers has practically disappeared, which made normal vegetation development impossible for most crops," he noted. Because of this, farmers were forced to revise the structure of their sown areas and bet on crops that are more resistant to drought conditions. "In many farms, the areas under ...