Ukraine: four oblasts started the planting campaign of early spring crops

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As of March 2, four oblasts of Ukraine started planting early spring grains. Agrarians planted grains throughout the areas of 65 thsd ha, or 3% of the plan, declared the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

In particular, spring barley planted areas reached 50 thsd ha (3%), oats - 1 thsd ha, spring wheat - 0.3 thsd ha, and peas - 13 thsd ha (7%). At the same time, Odessa oblast planted early spring crops throughout 26.9 thsd ha (16%), Kherson oblast - 18.4 thsd ha (10%), Mykolaev oblast - 16 thsd ha (10%), and Zaporizhye oblast – 3.9 thsd ha (2%).

Also, agrarians provided additional fertilizing works of winter grain crops throughout 2.9 mln ha, or 44% of the forecast (in 2015 - 2 mln ha), winter rapeseed - 273 thsd ha, or 46% (268 thsd ha).

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