We do not expect an increase in the sown area in Ukraine this spring

Published Feb 12, 2024

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Ukraine's Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Mykola Solskyi, has announced that the country aims to maintain its sown area in 2024 at the same level as in 2023, which was 12.75 million hectares, including 5.7 million hectares of various cereals. This comes despite concerns over the quality of wheat due to poor weather conditions and a decrease in the area of winter wheat sown, which may result in an increase in the area of spring wheat. The quality of wheat seeds is also a concern as farmers have been economizing due to the ongoing war and export challenges.

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Ukraine plans to sow the same area in 2024 as in 2023, and fears about the quality of wheat - the minister. Sown area Ukraine's Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Solskyi told Reuters on Friday that Ukraine expects the sown area in the spring of 2024 to be the same as last year, although in a worst-case scenario it could decrease slightly. "I don't expect drastic changes in terms of sown areas. If the sown areas are smaller, it will be a very small decrease," Solsky said in an interview, presenting the first official forecast for the 2024 sown area. In total, Ukrainian farmers planted 12.75 million hectares of spring crops for the 2023 harvest, including 5.7 million hectares of various cereals. Sown areas were 4 million hectares of corn, 5.3 million hectares of sunflowers and 1.78 million hectares of soybeans. Solsky noted that last fall, farmers sowed a smaller area of winter wheat due to bad weather, and this may force them to increase the area of spring wheat. Last ...

Source: Agroconf