Ukraine will be able to sow spring crops on a total area of more than 14 million hectares, according to a Bloomberg report, citing estimates from the country’s Agriculture Ministry published on its website.
The estimate is an improvement on the ministry’s forecast in early April, when it expected 13.4 million hectares to be planted. However, the current spring planting area forecast is down 17 percent from last year.
Sowing has started in all but one region of Ukraine, excluding Luhansk and annexed Crimea, according to the ministry.