Ukraine: Ukraine 2024 winter sowing at 5.7 mln ha as of November 14

Ukrainian farmers had sown about 5.7 million hectares of winter crops as of Nov 14, the agriculture ministry said on November 14.

The area included 3.97 million hectares of winter wheat, or 91.1% of the expected area, the ministry statement said.

Ukraine’s winter wheat typically accounts for at least 95% of its overall wheat output.

The ministry still expects the winter wheat sowing area to reach 4.36 million hectares.

It said farmers had also sown 469,200 hectares of winter barley and 1.15 million hectares of winter rapeseed.

Producers plan to sow 692,100 hectares of winter barley and 1.2 million hectares of winter rapeseed this year.

Farmers sowed 4.46 million hectares of winter wheat, 612,200 hectares of winter barley and 1.376 million hectares of winter rapeseed for the 2023 harvest.

Ukraine is expected to harvest 79 million metric tons of grain and oilseed in 2023, with a 2023/24 exportable surplus of about 50 million tons, the ministry has said.

15 November, 2023