Ukraine grain exports expected to fall on smaller sowing area
Ukraine
Published Dec 7, 2022
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Ukraine will likely reduce its winter grain exports in the 2023/24 season due to a smaller-than-expected sowing area caused by the Russian invasion, Reuters reported, citing a senior agriculture official on Tuesday. Ukraine is among leading global grain growers and exporters but its output and exports have dropped due to the hostilities in many regions. "Unfortunately, the war had a negative impact on the ability to sow areas with winter crops.
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Ukraine will likely reduce its winter grain exports in the 2023/24 season due to a smaller-than-expected sowing area caused by the Russian invasion, Reuters reported, citing a senior agriculture official on Tuesday. Ukraine is among leading global grain growers and exporters but its output and exports have dropped due to the hostilities in many regions. "Unfortunately, the war had a negative impact on the ability to sow areas with winter crops. There were also unfavourable weather conditions and less was sown," Taras Vysotskiy, the first deputyagriculture minister, told national television. The ministry data showed that farmers had sown 4.5 million hectares of winter grains as of Nov. 29, or 94% of the expected area. The acreage included 3.8 million hectares of winter wheat versus 6.2 million sowed last year, only 4.6 million hectares of which had been harvested as a large area has been occupied by Russian troops who invaded Ukraine in February. "A decrease (in sown areas) will ...
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