Farmers of Skadovsky District have finished sowing winter crops The sowing of winter crops has finished in the district of Skadovsky Municipality. A little more than 11,000 dunams out of the 12,000 planned have been sown, said Alexander Maslov, head of the department of agriculture and land relations in the district administration. Winter wheat in the new season occupies about 27 percent of last year's area, winter barley - less than one percent of last year's volumes. The reduction of areas for winter crops is primarily due to two factors - a decrease in the sales market, which makes it unprofitable for farms to sow something that is later difficult to sell, and the cost of diesel fuel, which significantly increased production costs.

Farmers of Skadovsky District have finished sowing winter crops The sowing of winter crops has finished in the district of Skadovsky Municipality. A little more than 11,000 dunams out of the 12,000 planned have been sown, said Alexander Maslov, head of the department of agriculture and land relations in the district administration. Winter wheat in the new season occupies about 27 percent of last year's area, winter barley - less than one percent of last year's volumes. The reduction of areas for winter crops is primarily due to two factors - a decrease in the sales market, which makes it unprofitable for farms to sow something that is later difficult to sell, and the cost of diesel fuel, which significantly increased production costs.