Ukraine. Slowdown in corn planting
7 May, 2019 at 17:05
Grains. 4878 Th ha had been planted to spring grains and pulses by May 6. The planting progress is 13% behind last year (5637 Th ha has been seeded by May 7, 2018).
At the same time, corn planting is 19% behind last year, reports UkrAgroConsult.
Farmers continue planting buckwheat and millet.
Ukraine. Sowing progress, May 06, 2019
|
Crops |
Planned area, Th ha |
Planted, Th ha |
% |
|
|
2019 |
2018 |
|||
|
Spring cereals and pulses, total |
7239 |
4878 |
5637 |
67 |
|
Early spring cereals and pulses |
2247 |
2133 |
2209 |
95 |
|
Corn |
4662 |
2698 |
3328 |
58 |
|
Buckwheat |
97 |
1 |
20 |
1 |
|
Millet |
58 |
11 |
14 |
19 |
Oilcrops. According to Ukraine’s Ag Ministry, 3670.6 Th ha of sunflower had been sown by May 6, 2019, or 64% of the projected 5714.1 Th ha (official data). Its planting is 16.9% behind last year: 4414.8 Th ha had been planted to sunflower by May 7, 2018.
As of the reporting date, soybean planting was also behind 2018 (-38.7%). So, 532.2 Th ha had been planted to this crop by May 6 (29.2% of the forecast 1821.9 Th ha) against 868.8 Th ha a year earlier.
