Ukraine continues planting corn and sunseed
24 April, 2019 at 13:04
Grains. Planting of early spring grains in Ukraine was 93% complete as of April 22 with 2099 Th ha planted by that date. This is 7% more than as of April 23, 2018, but 9% below the five-year average.
The corn planting progress is slightly behind last year (-3%), reports UkrAgroConsult.
Ukraine. Sowing progress, April 22, 2019
|
Crops |
Planned area, Th ha |
Planted, Th ha |
% |
|
|
2019 |
2018 |
|||
|
Early spring grains and pulses |
2260 |
2099 |
1962 |
93 |
|
Spring wheat |
166 |
154 |
136 |
92 |
|
Spring barley |
1559 |
1481 |
1314 |
95 |
|
Oats |
196 |
179 |
142 |
92 |
|
Peas |
339 |
285 |
369 |
84 |
|
Corn |
4662 |
545 |
562 |
12 |
Oilseeds. According to Ukraine’s Ag Ministry, 1413 Th ha of sunflower had been sown by April 22, 2019, or 25% of the projected 5714.1 Th ha (official data). The pace of planting is far ahead of last year: 1239 Th ha had been planted to sunflower by April 22, 2018.
