As of April 11, farmers across all regions of Ukraine have sown 1,058.6 thousand hectares of spring cereals and legumes. In the Zaporizhia region, corn sowing has commenced.

This information comes from the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food. According to their calculations, the largest area of sowing currently belongs to barley – 612.2 thousand hectares. Spring wheat has been sown on 141.1 thousand hectares, peas on 182.8 thousand hectares, oats on 106.1 thousand hectares, and corn on 0.02 thousand hectares.

Leading regions in sowing pace:

• Odesa region: 107.2 thousand hectares (wheat – 6.1 thousand hectares, barley – 33.5 thousand hectares, peas – 59.1 thousand hectares, oats – 1.4 thousand hectares);
• Ternopil region: 88.1 thousand hectares (wheat – 14 thousand hectares, barley – 64.1 thousand hectares, peas – 4.1 thousand hectares, oats – 5.3 thousand hectares);
• Poltava region: 86.3 thousand hectares (wheat – 4.5 thousand hectares, barley – 69.1 thousand hectares, peas – 9.6 thousand hectares, oats – 3.1 thousand hectares);
• Khmelnytskyi region: 84.9 thousand hectares (wheat – 10 thousand hectares, barley – 69.8 thousand hectares, peas – 2.6 thousand hectares, oats – 2.5 thousand hectares);
• Mykolaiv region: 75.6 thousand hectares (wheat – 4.5 thousand hectares, barley – 43 thousand hectares, peas – 27.5 thousand hectares, oats – 0.6 thousand hectares).

Additionally, 51.5 thousand hectares of sunflowers, 76 thousand hectares of sugar beets, and 4.5 thousand hectares of soybeans have been sown.