According to preliminary forecasts of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, in 2025 the total area under crops in Ukraine will be more than 23 mln ha. Of these, 11.067 thousand hectares will be sown with cereals, which will amount to 48.1% of the total sown area. Such data were announced during the staff meeting of the department, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy reports.
As noted by the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Vitaly Koval, who held the meeting, sowing areas in comparison with last year have not actually changed.
"There are no cardinal changes in crops this year. Sown areas for soybeans have slightly decreased and increased for corn. Sowing of sunflower and wheat will remain at the level of last year,” he noted.
In particular, the area of sowing spring cereals in this year should be almost 5.826 mln ha, the main part of which will be allocated to corn (about 4.146 mln ha) and spring barley (790.2 thousand ha). In addition, spring wheat is planned to be sown on 222.7 thousand hectares, peas - 216.5 thousand hectares, oats - 161.6 thousand hectares, buckwheat - 86.8 thousand hectares, millet - 85.5 thousand hectares.
“Winter crops for grain in 2024 were sown on almost 5.242 mln ha,” the report reminds.
As for oilseeds, 8.892 mln hectares, or 38.7% of the total sown area, will be allocated for their sowing. In particular, sunflower should be sown on 5.171 mln ha, soybeans - almost 2.423 mln ha, spring and winter rape - 1.167 mln ha.
