| Ukraine: 9% of winter crops sowings face ice covering |
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16/03/2010 13:14 (697 Day 18:17 minutes ago) | ||||
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The FINANCIAL -- As of March 11 of the current year, ice over occupied nearly 0.77 mln ha of winter grain sowings in Ukraine , or 9.1% of winter crops sowings, informed the press-cutting service of Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine .
According to the announcement, winter grains perished throughout 1.6% of the planned sowing areas or 0.14 mln ha. Winter grains sowings in Ukraine showed weak and thinned condition throughout the area of 1.1 mln ha (13.5%).
At the same time, winter grains sowings in Ukraine showed good and satisfactory conditions throughout 86.5% of the general sowing areas, or 7.3 mln ha.
36% of winter rapeseed sowings showed good condition, satisfactory condition – 41.6%, weak and thinned condition – 22.4%, including rapeseed sowings under ice cover – 9.4%. The general rapeseed sowing areas totaled nearly 1.4 mln ha.
As a reminder, according to data of the State Committee of Statistics of Ukraine , agrarians sowed winter crops (including rapeseed) throughout 10.1 mln ha, an increase of 3% compared to 2008 index.
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