Almost one-third of planned winter grain area planted in Ukraine

As of September 29, 1.595 million hectares, or 30.6% of the forecast area (5.211 million hectares), had been planted with winter grain crops in Ukraine. This is according to operational data from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.

In particular, as of the reporting date, the following areas had been planted:

• winter wheat – 1.424 million hectares, or 31.4% of the forecast area (4.541 million hectares);
• winter barley – 124.2 thousand hectares, or 20.9% of the forecast area (593.8 thousand hectares);
• winter rye – 46.1 thousand hectares, or 60.1% of the forecast area (76.7 thousand hectares).

It should be noted that on the same date last year, the area planted with winter grain crops in Ukraine was estimated at 1.574 million hectares, or 29% of the planned area.

In addition, winter rapeseed sowing has entered its final stage, with 1.018 million hectares planted, or 92.1% of the forecast area (1.105 million hectares). As of September 29, 2025, 941.1 thousand hectares, or 84.5% of the forecast area, had been planted in Ukraine.

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