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Agrarians to enlarge spring wheat, barley and maize sown areas due to winter grains destruction
04.04.2006 11:12 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
This spring agrarians will boost spring wheat, barley, maize and millet sown areas by resowing these grains at perished winter grains sown areas as well as areas not sown with winter grains last autumn, reported Vice-Premier Yuriy Melnyk.
As to Melnyk, this year agrarians can boost spring wheat sown areas up 145,000 ha against 479,900 ha in 2005, barley up 478,000 ha against 4,017.900 ha in 2005, millet up 100,000 ha as of 140,500 ha in 2005 and maize up 500,000 ha against 1,659.500 ha in 2005.
Vice-Premier reminded in 2005 autumn winter grains were sown at areas down 1.2 mn ha against planned, while within 2005/06 wintering winter grains had perished at 680,000690,000 ha.
As earlier reported, Ministry of Agrarian Policy considered this year agrarians would resow destroyed winter grains areas with barley, maize, soybeans and rape.
2006 crop sown areas total 6,193.800 ha (incl. sown for grain 6,059.100 ha).
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