The area of winter crops in Ukraine has decreased sharply, but the area under oil crops is expected to increase
Canola Seed & Rapeseed
Ukraine
Published Jan 4, 2023
Tridge summary
The war and weather conditions in 2022 made it difficult for domestic farmers to grow and sell agricultural crops, and prolonged rains in September prevented the planned areas from being sown with winter crops. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the area of winter grain crops for the 2023 harvest decreased by 71% compared to last year, from 7.7 to 4.5 million hectares, which is 94% of the forecast, in particular: At the same time, 1 million hectares were sown with winter rapeseed or 104% of the forecast compared to 1.16 million hectares last year. The monitoring of the Ukrhydrometeorological Center showed that at the beginning of December, the condition of 65% of crops was good or excellent, and another 30-35% will depend on weather conditions in winter. This corresponds to the statistical average and indicates that the weather did not critically affect the condition of crops. Experts believe that the overall condition of winter crops in Ukraine is much better than last year. Research conducted on October 28-30 showed that the reserves of productive moisture in the arable layer of the soil on most areas under winter crops are optimal (21-40 mm).
Original content
The war and weather conditions in 2022 made it difficult for domestic farmers to grow and sell agricultural crops, and prolonged rains in September prevented the planned areas from being sown with winter crops. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the area of winter grain crops for the 2023 harvest decreased by 71% compared to last year, from 7.7 to 4.5 million hectares, which is 94% of the forecast, in particular: At the same time, 1 million hectares or 104% of the forecast were sown with winter rapeseed, compared to 1.16 million hectares last year. The monitoring of the Ukrhydrometeorological Center showed that at the beginning of December, the condition of 65% of crops was good or excellent, and another 30-35% will depend on weather conditions in winter. This corresponds to the statistical average and indicates that the weather did not critically affect the condition of crops. Experts believe that the overall condition of winter crops in Ukraine is much better than last ...
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