Production of industrial crops has increased in Ukraine

The area under technical crops this year amounted to 9.127 million hectares, which corresponds to last year's figure. This was reported by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, writes agronews.ua. At the same time, the area under mustard decreased significantly - by 49.4%, to 25.2 thousand hectares, oil flax - by 15.7%, to 13.5 thousand hectares, poppy oil - by 15%, to 2 thousand hectares, long flax - by 7.7%, up to 0.8 thousand hectares, sugar beet - by 1.3%, up to 218.9 thousand hectares. Instead, crops of technical hemp increased by 99.3% to 2.3 thousand hectares, medicinal plants - by 62.6%, to 6.8 thousand hectares, essential ...