Ukraine: Sown areas for sunflower, soy and rape will increase by 10-15%

In 2023, a partial decrease in the area sown under corn and grain crops, as well as an increase under oil crops, is predicted. This was announced by First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Vysotskyi. Sown areas for sunflower, soy and rapeseed will be increased by 10-15%. The good news is that sugar beet planting is planned to increase. The production of grain crops will decrease, because less winter wheat is sown in autumn due to unfavorable weather factors. The sown areas of corn have been reduced by 10-12% due to expensive logistics, — noted Taras Vysotskyi. In terms of the potential value of the harvest and gross production as a whole, according to experts' forecasts, Ukraine in 2023 will reach indicators comparable to the data of 2022. Taras Vysotskyi said that now the agrarians have faced challenges that have become the largest in the liberated territories. Among the main problems he named: blocking the full activity of the Black Sea ports by the ...