KIEV, Ukraine (Reuters) — The condition of Ukrainian winter grain crops has not improved over the last three weeks, and more than one-third of the wheat crop remains at risk, analyst UkrAgroConsult said Feb. 22.
A severe drought during the summer and fall that affected half of Ukraine’s grain region forced farmers to halt winter grain seeding, which led to fears of a poor harvest this year.
Ninety-two percent of the winter wheat area seeded for this year’s harvest had sprouted as of mid-February, the consultancy said in a statement.
As of Feb. 18, 30.1 percent of sprouted winter wheat crops were in good condition, 36.5 percent were in satisfactory and 33.4 percent were poor state. That compared to 30.7 percent in good condition, 35.9 percent satisfactory and 33.4 percent poor as of Jan. 28.
