500 Thousand Hectares of Winter Cereals: Mykolaiv Region Leads Ukraine

Agrarians in Mykolaiv Oblast had sown 500,000 hectares of winter cereals as of November 4. The region ranks first in Ukraine by area planted with these crops.

The autumn sowing figures were released by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. The regions closest to the leader in winter cereal acreage are:

• Dnipropetrovsk Oblast — 475,600 hectares;
• Kirovohrad Oblast — 396,700 hectares.

Overall, by this date, Ukrainian agricultural producers had sown almost 6 million hectares with winter crops. Cereals account for 4.45 million hectares, or 85.4% of the planned area.

Sowing progress by crop is as follows:

• wheat and triticale — 3.95 million hectares, or 87.1% of the target;
• barley — 420,500 hectares, or 70.8% of the target;
• rye — 74,300 hectares, or 96.9% of the target;
• winter rapeseed — 1.15 million hectares, or 104.2% of the forecast.

Areas planted with winter rapeseed have already exceeded the forecast in 23 regions of Ukraine.

The autumn sowing campaign is still underway. Farmers are wrapping up work that will lay the foundation for the 2027 harvest.

Agrarians in Mykolaiv Oblast have also paid nearly 440 million hryvnias in taxes to local budgets.

We previously reported:

• Free diesel for sowing: Mykolaiv farmers are receiving fuel cards
• There may not be enough money for sowing: Ukrainian farmers have lost 60% of their reserves
• The most winter cereals in Ukraine were sown in Mykolaiv Oblast
• A combine harvester, a metal detector and a water truck: what harvesting looks like in Mykolaiv Oblast now
• Sowing among shells: Mykolaiv farmers clear their own fields of mines to get work done