Ministry: Winter sowing completed in 4 Ukrainian regions, 495 million hectares planted.

Ukrainian farmers in four oblasts have completed sowing winter crops, with 4.95 million hectares planted in total, the Agriculture Ministry reported on Oct.

24. Agricultural workers in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Zaporizhzhia, and Poltava oblasts finished the sowing season while winter rape sowing has concluded across all regions. The sowing area consists of 3.5 million hectares of wheat, 1.1 million hectares of rape, 322,000 hectares of barley, and 71,000 hectares of rye.

Wheat, millet, and rye are still being planted in the rest of Ukraine. During the week, farmers seeded 506,000 hectares of agricultural products. Subscribe to the Newsletter

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Last week, lawmaker Dmytro Solomchuk said the volume of winter crops is expected to drop by 20% compared to last year as farmers lack financial resources.

He noted that the decrease in winter crops will result in less bread produced next season and stressed that farmers need urgent solutions. Ukraine will harvest 79.1 million metric tons of grain and oilseed this year and hopes to export 50 million tons in the 2023/2024 marketing season, the Agriculture Ministry predicted.

Minister: 700,000 metric tons of grain exported via Ukrainian Black Sea corridor Ukraine's temporary corridor through the Black Sea has managed to transport nearly 700,000 metric tons of grain, Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solskyi announced during a meeting of the EU Council in Luxembourg, UkrAgroConsult reported on Oct.

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He has written for a number of publications including the Financial Times, bne IntelliNews, Radio Free Europe/Liberty, Euronews and New Eastern Europe.

Previously, Dominic worked with StopFake as a disinformation expert, debunking Russian fake news in Europe.