The agriculture ministry said this week the country's 2023 corn production could fall to 21.7 million tonnes from 25.6 million tonnes last year after an expected decrease in the sowing area to 3.6 million hectares from more than 4 million. "The decrease in the harvest could be even bigger," said the official, who declined to be named. Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky said late last year that a large area of non-harvested corn from 2022 would prevent farmers from sowing corn on these fields. The minister said the fields could be sown with sunflower as a possible replacement crop and "millions more hectares of sunflower" could be added. (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; editing by Jason Neely)
pavel.polityuk.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) KYIV, March 22 (Reuters) - Ukraine, which expects a
15.2% decrease in the 2023 corn harvest, may lower its crop
forecast further, a senior Ukrainian agriculture official said
on Wednesday.
Corn is a key Ukrainian export and has accounted for around
58% of its overall grain exports so far in the 2022/23 July-June
season.
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