Ukraine. Corn planting is 92% complete
22 May, 2019 at 15:05
Planting of early spring grains and pulses is almost complete, reports UkrAgroConsult. This week’s weather conditions in Ukraine allowed farmers to accelerate planting and narrow the year-over-year gap in its progress.
The gap in grains planting progress from the five-year average narrowed to 2%.
Sunflower planting is 5.3% behind last year (-8.6% as of May 16, 2019).
Soybean planting is 24% behind last year (-30% as of May 16, 2019).
Ukraine. Sowing progress, May 20, 2019
|
Crops |
Planned area, Th ha |
Planted, Th ha |
% |
|
|
2019 |
2018 |
|||
|
7239 |
6564 |
6857 |
91 |
|
|
Early spring cereals and pulses |
2231 |
2153 |
2268 |
97 |
|
Corn |
4662 |
4286 |
4373 |
92 |
|
Buckwheat |
97 |
23 |
69 |
24 |
|
Millet |
58 |
37 |
32 |
64 |
|
Sunflower |
5714 |
5137 |
5425 |
90 |
|
Soybeans |
1822 |
1192 |
1569 |
65 |
