Ukraine: Loss of winter barley crop accounts for 120,000 ha

The statistical bodies summarized the planting for the Y2006 crop. The loss of winter crops amounted to 496,600 ha, incl.120,000 ha of barley. Spring barley is planted on an area of 4886.8 thousand ha, AgriNews posted in its 28th weekly report.

Winter barley as spring barley on single areas have achieved full ripeness in the Southern regions and Crimea and their harvesting is conducted now.

According to forecasts of the Agrarian Policy Ministry, the acreage of winter crops seeded for the Y2007 harvest will be 7 million ha. The need in winter crop seeds for the Y2007 harvest amounts to 1.6 million metric tons. This year, the grown harvest enables providing all producers with own winter crop seeds of high quality.

Demand for barley was the briskest on the feed grains market as for the week ended July 16. As traders need to execute their contracts and due to short supply of the new crop grain, domestic prices slightly increased - up to UAH 540/MT EXW. Domestic consumers are not in a hurry to speed up their purchases, waiting until the prices sink to an acceptable level.

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