As of March 19 of this year, sowing of ardent grain and leguminous crops takes place in 18 regions of Ukraine. hectares or 25% of the forecast, said the deputy minister of agrarian policy and food, Vladimir Topchiy.

Today, Ukrainian farmers are fully provided with all the necessary resources for the sowing campaign.

The future crop largely depends on the condition of winter crops and the moisture reserves in the soil that has accumulated in the winter. Today, the condition of winter crops is one of the best in the last 5 years. Pleasing and moisture reserves in the soil. Along with a sufficient supply of resources for farmers, it can be stated that there is every reason to hope for a good harvest in the new season, Vladimir Topchy notes. The expected supply of seeds of ardent grains and legumes in the regions is 684 thousand tons, or 100% of the declared need. Agrarians are adequately provided with mineral fertilizers, fuel, and plant protection products.

This year also contributes to a good harvest. The weather was on the side of the farmers both during the wintering of winter crops and during the sowing campaign of spring grain, assures the head of the department of agrometeorology of the Ukrainian hydrometeorological center Tatyana Adamenko. The unusually high temperature for March, which we observed on March 18, is fortunate for farmers is over. Further, we will have the usual weather for March, without sharp fluctuations in temperature, which will facilitate spring-field work at the optimal time, predicts Tatyana Adamenko.