In Lviv Oblast, more than 27% of the projected area of early grain crops has already been sown

Farmers of the Lviv region have already sown 27.7% of the projected area of early grain crops, which is 24% less than the similar indicator of 2022. This was reported in the Department of Agriculture of the Lviv Oblast.

"Deterioration of weather conditions and night frosts somewhat affected the sowing dates of early crops, they shifted by about 10 days," the message reads.

According to operational data, 13 thousand hectares have already been sown, in particular:

spring wheat — 7.6 thousand hectares (34.2% of the forecast);

spring barley — 2.5 thousand ha (20.5%);

oats — 2.8 thousand hectares (22.7%);

spring rapeseed — 1.2 thousand ha (13.2%);

peas - 74 ha (42%).

Approximately 40% of the sown areas of early crops (4.7 thousand hectares) were sown by agricultural enterprises of the region.

"Since, due to a number of reasons, in the fall of 2022, the commercial sector did not reach the planned sowing volumes of winter crops, we forecast an increase in the area under warm grain crops (spring wheat, buckwheat, corn, oats) by 6.2%, technical crops by 1.8% ( let's heat it with rapeseed, soy), vegetables," said Tetyana Hetman, director of the Department of Agro-Industrial Development.