Posted by Shoaib-ur-Rehman Siddiqui
KYIV: Ukrainian farmers had sown 5.7 million hectares of winter wheat as of Oct. 15, or 93 percent of the forecasted area, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday.
Ukraine plans to sow a total of 6.2 million hectares of winter wheat for the 2015 harvest versus 6.1 million hectares sown last year, the ministry said in a statement. Winter wheat accounts for 95 percent of the country’s overall wheat output.
Ukraine harvested 24.4 million tonnes of wheat this year, according to the ministry data. Analysts, however, put the harvest at around 21-22 million tonnes.
Farmers also plan to sow 1.07 million hectares of winter barley and 206,500 hectares of winter rye.
Copyright Reuters, 2014