Ukraine. 3.5 million hectares of winter crops must be reseeded - Premier
2012-02-13 11:35:36
As a result of severe frosts in Ukraine, 3.5 million hectares of winter crops perished and must be reseeded with spring cereals.
According to the liaison department of the Cabinet of Ministers' Secretariat, during a meeting of the Ukrainian-Latvian business roundtable in Riga, Azarov said, "In January we had severe frosts and about 3.5 million hectares must be reseeded with spring crops."
Earlier it was reported that, according to various estimates, of the 8.4 million hectares of winter crops, Ukraine will have to reseed in the spring 2.3 million hectares due to adverse weather conditions in autumn-winter period.
However, the agriculture ministry believes that, in the absence of precise estimates of the possible death of winter crops, wheat can not be actively exported.