As of November 18, Ukrainian farmers have completed the sowing campaign of winter crops on 6.39 million hectares, which constitutes 97.5% of the planned areas, according to the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture.

The largest area sown is winter wheat — 4.66 million hectares, followed by winter barley — 582.2 thousand hectares, and winter rye — 66.1 thousand hectares. Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions remain the leaders in the pace of grain sowing.

Nine regions have completely finished sowing grain crops: Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, and Chernihiv.

Winter rapeseed has also been almost entirely sown — 1.08 million hectares, which constitutes 96% of the forecasted areas. The sowing of this crop has been practically completed by all regions of the country.