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Melnyk: Hydrometeorology Center data on 30% winter grains sown areas destruction/resowing aren’t true
04.04.2006 12:00 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Ukrainian Hydrometeorology Center data on 30% winter grains sown areas having been destructed and needing resowing aren’t correct, reported Vice-Premier Yuriy Melnyk.
«Hydrometeorology Center data are overrated,» declared Melnyk.
As to Cabinet data, winter grains have perished (as of early Apr) at 680,000690,000 ha (11% total areas sown for 2006 crop).
As earlier reported, Ministry of Agrarian Policy experts had estimated mid Mar condition of winter wheat (Ukrainian main winter grain) sown at 1,357.900 ha (26.7% total sown areas) as weak/rare; condition of 1,983.400 ha (39% total) was considered satisfactory, while condition of 1,387.300 ha (27.3% total) was estimated good.
As to Ministry of Agrarian Policy, wheat had sprouted at 5,080.000 ha.
2006 crop sown areas total 6,193.800 ha (incl. sown for grain 6.059.100 ha).
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