Ukraine has sown about 7 million hectares of spring crops so far this year, 25% to 30% less than in the corresponding period in 2021, according to the country’s ag minister. He says, “The sowing campaign is going on actively despite the difficulties associated primarily with logistics.” He noted the sowing this year was not of the same quality as last year and the planted area for corn was smaller.
The ag minister says the country exported nearly 1.1 MMT of grain in April. He highlighted the importance of exports of Ukrainian grain via Romania while Russia is blockading Ukrainian ports but said those exports could be complicated in two months by exports of the new wheat crop in Romania and Bulgaria. Ukraine reportedly is in talks with Poland and Lithuania to export its summer grain harvest through their ports.
