The FINANCIAL — According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, winter crops sprouts did not appear throughout 12% of the planted areas, declared the Minister of Agrarian Policy, Oleksiy Pavlenko on December 16.
At the same time, nearly 29% of the areas were in poor and thinned condition, while last month the index totaled 33%, and the index of non-sprouted areas – 42%. To date, the situation with condition of winter crops areas somewhat improved, and the Ministry expects for successful harvest volumes of winter crops, according to APK-Inform.
As a reminder, agrarians of Ukraine completed the planting campaign of winter crops at the level of 6.743 mln ha (91% of the plan).