Farmers in Ukraine have completed work on planting. There was expected that areas of the main spring crops on the territory controlled by Ukraine to be amounted 14,163.4 thousand hectares, which is 2,752.9 thousand hectares less than last year (16,916.3 thousand hectares).

According to the operative data of the structural subdivisions of the regional state administrations of that ensure the implementation of functions on agro-industrial development as of June 16, 2022, the planting of spring crops has been completed. In total, 95% of the projected area is done, which is 13.4 million hectares.

According to the results of the 2022 spring campaign, the biggest changes in the structure of crops concerned wheat, corn, sunflower and soybeans.

The area under spring wheat and soybeans remained at the level of the previous year. The area under sunflowers decreased compared to last year, but insignificantly and maintained a high figure of 4 million 702 thousand hectares.

There was a reduction in corn crops: this year 4 million 639 thousand against 5 million 500 thousand hectares last year.

 Thus, according to operative data, all categories of farms are sown:

- spring wheat 191.1 thousand hectares;

- spring barley 951.4 thousand hectares;

- spring rape 34.1 thousand hectares;

- oats 159.3 thousand hectares;

- 131.0 thousand hectares of peas;

- buckwheat 75.3 thousand hectares;

- millet 49.5 thousand hectares;

- corn 4,639.4 thousand hectares;

- sugar beets 180.6 thousand hectares;

- sunflower 4,702.7 thousand hectares;

- soybeans 1,212.6 thousand hectares;

- potatoes 1 104.2 thousand hectares.

According to the State Statistics Service, sowing of winter crops for grain for the 2022 harvest was carried out on an area of 7.6 million hectares, including:

• 6.5 million hectares of winter wheat and triticale have been sown,
• rye sown 109 thousand hectares,
• barley sown 969 million hectares.

In addition, sowing of winter rapeseeds was planted on an area of 1 million 414 thousand hectares.