KYIV: Ukrainian winter grain crops sown to 2022 harvest were mostly in good or satisfactory condition as of Feb 3, APK-Inform agriculture consultancy reported on Monday, citing Ukraine’s service of food protection.

Ukrainian agricultural companies sowed 6.2 million hectares of winter wheat for the 2022 harvest, or almost 94% of the planned area of 6.66 million hectares.

In autumn 2020, Ukraine reduced the area under winter wheat to 6.1 million hectares from 6.7 million hectares a year earlier due to drought. But a mild winter led to a rise in the harvest to 32 million tonnes in 2021, from 24.9 million tonnes in 2020.