Ukraine continues corn sowing
7 June, 2019 at 14:06Corn planting is already 1% ahead of target. Farmers planted 3.6% more than by the same date last year, reports UkrAgroConsult.
Buckwheat acreage will end up smaller than projected; millet planting is 50% ahead of last year and already 4% ahead of target.
Ukraine. Sowing progress, June 6, 2019
|
Crop |
Forecast crop area, Th ha |
Planted, Th ha |
% |
|
|
2019 |
2018 |
|||
|
Spring cereals and pulses, total |
7239 |
7097 |
7125 |
98 |
|
Early spring cereals and pulses |
2231 |
2162 |
2290 |
97 |
|
Corn |
4662 |
4730 |
4566 |
101 |
|
Buckwheat |
97 |
51 |
96 |
52 |
|
Millet |
58 |
60 |
40 |
104 |
|
Sunflower |
5714 |
5695 |
5709 |
99.7 |
|
Soybeans |
1822 |
1539 |
1734 |
84 |
Sunflower planting is 0.2 % behind last year (-0.4% as of June 3, 2019).
Soybean planting is 11.3% behind last year (-12.5% as of June 3, 2019).
Please be reminded that on September 5, UkrAgroConsult will host a major meeting point of the oilseed industry operators - the 7th International Conference “Black Sea Oil Trade-2019” in Hilton, Kyiv, Ukraine.
