Ukraine. Corn and sunflower planting progress is ahead of 2019
5 May, 2020 at 14:05
According to official data, more than 6 Ml ha had been planted to spring grains in Ukraine by May 4, 2020, UkrAgroConsult reports.
Planting of the following crops lags behind last year: barley (-1%), oats (-2%), peas (-1%).
The crops whose planting progress is ahead of 2019 include the following:
- wheat (+10%),
- corn (+47%),
- sunflower (+21%),
- soybeans (+2%).
Ukraine. Planting progress, May 4, 2020
|
Crop |
Projected area, Th ha |
Planted, Th ha |
% |
|
|
2020 |
2019 |
|||
|
Spring wheat |
185 |
182 |
165 |
98% |
|
Spring barley |
1517 |
1477 |
1493 |
97% |
|
Oats |
186 |
185 |
189 |
99% |
|
Peas |
283 |
279 |
286 |
99% |
|
Corn |
5389 |
3959 |
2698 |
73% |
|
Buckwheat |
75 |
3 |
1 |
4% |
|
Millet |
78 |
7 |
2 |
9% |
|
Sunflower |
6196 |
4436 |
3671 |
72% |
|
Soybeans |
1446 |
545 |
532 |
38% |
