Ukraine MHP agricultural holding starts spring sowing

MHP SE

04/04/2023 15:41

KYIV, April 4 (Reuters) - Ukraine's large agricultural
holding MHP  MHPC.PFT  has started 2023 spring sowing and plans
to plant various crops across a total of 352,500 hectares in 12
Ukrainian regions, the company said on Tuesday.
    Ukraine has said it expects a reduced sowing area this year
because of the invasion and occupation of a significant part of
the country by Russia.
    MHP said on Facebook the area of grains and oilseeds could
total 255,500 hectares this year.
    It gave no comparative figures but said that the areas sown
with grains have been reduced from a year ago while the areas of
oilseeds have been increased.
    The Ukrainian agriculture ministry said last week that all
regions had started the spring sowing, seeding a total of
500,000 hectares of various crops.
    The ministry last month said the grain sowing area could
decrease by 1.4 million hectares to 10.2 million in 2023 while
the area sown to oilseeds could rise.

 (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; editing by Barbara Lewis)
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