Ukraine’s spring sowing campaign is underway. As of March 23, 2026, growers have sown 180.1 thousand hectares of spring grains and pulses, which is 126.8 thousand hectares more than a week earlier, according to the Ministry of Economy.
Planting has already begun in 17 regions, including Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, and Chernivtsi regions.
The largest areas sown so far are:
In total, the area under spring grains and pulses in 2026 is projected at 6 million hectares, slightly down from 6.1 million hectares last year.
At the same time, as of the reporting date, sowing of corn, buckwheat, and millet has not yet begun.
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