Ukraine. Farmers closing the year-over-year gap in planting
17 May, 2019 at 15:05
Planting of spring grains and pulses is 5% behind last year. However, this week’s weather conditions in Ukraine allowed farmers to accelerate planting and narrow the year-over-year gap in its progress, reports UkrAgroConsult.
Ag Ministry reduced its acreage forecast for early spring grains by 0.7%, to 2,231 Th ha.
Corn planting is 4% behind last year. Sunflower planting is 8.6% behind last year (-13.6% as of May 13, 2019). Soybean planting is 30% behind last year (-38.2% as of May 13, 2019).
Ukraine. Sowing progress, May 16, 2019
|
Crop |
Forecast crop area, Th ha |
Planted, Th ha |
% |
|
|
2019 |
2018 |
|||
|
Spring cereals and pulses, total |
7239 |
6294 |
6622 |
87 |
|
Early spring cereals and pulses |
2231 |
2149 |
2254 |
96 |
|
Corn |
4662 |
4037 |
4187 |
87 |
|
Buckwheat |
97 |
17 |
57 |
18 |
|
Millet |
58 |
29 |
26 |
51 |
|
Sunflower |
5714 |
4789 |
5242 |
84 |
|
Soybeans |
1822 |
1024 |
1462 |
76 |
