Mykolaiv farmers sowed more than 75,000 hectares of fields — most of them with barley and peas

Land cultivation in Mykolaiv region, photo: NikVesti

As of 11 April, farmers in Mykolaiv region sowed 75.6 thousand hectares of spring grains and pulses. The largest areas are occupied by barley — 43 thousand hectares and peas — 27.5 thousand hectares. In addition, 4.5 thousand hectares of spring wheat and 0.6 thousand hectares of oats have already been sown.

Mykolaiv region is among the leaders in terms of spring sowing, along with Odesa, Ternopil, Poltava and Khmelnytskyi regions, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.

In total, Ukraine has already sown more than 1 million hectares of spring grain. Most of them are barley (612.2 thousand hectares), peas (182.8 thousand hectares), spring wheat (141.1 thousand hectares), oats (106.1 thousand hectares) and corn (so far only 20 hectares in Zaporizhzhia region).

In addition, 51.5 thousand hectares of sunflower, 76 thousand hectares of sugar beet and 4.5 thousand hectares of soybeans have been planted in Ukraine.

In 2025, farmers in Mykolaiv region plan to plant 100,000 more hectares of crops thanks to the demined areas.

And farmers in Kherson region plan to sow about 220,000 hectares of de-occupied land this year.