USDA estimates the conflict areas of Ukraine account for 46% of overall crop production. About 6.84 million hectares of winter grains were planted in that area verses 10.3 million in 2021.
Even with the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, farmers in Ukraine have planted some 2.5 million hectares of spring-planted crops so far this year, 20% of expected area, according to the Ukrainian ag ...
As a result of the Russian invasion, Ukraine's agricultural minister Roman Leshchenko said he expects his country's spring crop area may be halved this year to only 7 million hectares. “Today ...