Ukraine: Winter crops have come up on the 99.6% of the territory

According to data as of the second decade of February, winter crops have come up on more than 99.5% of the territory. The total area allocated for crops was 7.3 million hectares.

Such information was provided by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.

The condition of 6.3 million hectares or 87% of the total area allocated for crops is considered good and satisfactory. The condition of 971 thousand hectares is estimated as weak, which is 13% of the total amount of crops.

Winter rape has come up on the territory of 99% of the total area, which equals 1 million hectares. The condition of 89% of crops is considered good and satisfactory, and 11% is considered weak.

According to the primary information, the area allocated for crops approximately equals to the last year’s area and is expected to reach 27.2 million hectares. 54% of the total area is allocated for cereals, which is 14.6 million hectares.