The main phase of the fall planting season is coming to an end in Ukraine: as of October 28, 2026, agricultural producers have planted 5,347,900 hectares with winter crops. This was reported by Dengi.ua, citing data from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
Of this total, winter grains account for 4,213,200 hectares, which corresponds to 80.8% of the planned area.
The situation breaks down as follows by crop. Wheat and triticale were planted on 3,750,700 hectares, or 82.6% of the forecast. Barley plantings totaled 390,000 hectares (65.7%), and rye plantings totaled 72,500 hectares (94.5%).
Meanwhile, farmers in 23 regions of Ukraine exceeded their targets for winter rapeseed. The total area planted with this crop reached 1,134,700 hectares, which is 102.7% of the planned amount.
The Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kirovohrad regions lead in terms of the area planted with winter grains.
In the Mykolaiv region, a total of 492,000 hectares have been planted. Of this, 393,000 hectares are planted with wheat and triticale, 97,000 hectares with barley, and another 2,000 hectares with rye.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the area planted with winter grains reached 432,600 hectares. Of this, 385,200 hectares are allocated to wheat and triticale, 45,700 hectares to barley, and 1,700 hectares to rye.
The Kirovohrad region ranks third with 379,900 hectares. Here, 348,400 hectares are planted with wheat and triticale, and 31,500 hectares with barley.
Significant areas of winter grains have also been recorded in the Odesa region - 330,000 hectares, the Poltava region - 278,600 hectares, the Khmelnytskyi region - 215,200 hectares, and the Cherkasy region - 214,900 hectares.
As for winter rapeseed, the largest areas planted with this crop are concentrated in the Odesa region - 180,000 hectares. In the Vinnytsia region, 125,000 hectares have been planted, and in the Mykolaiv region - 98,000 hectares.
