Moisture deficit forced a cut in sown areas.

Agrofirma Kornatskykh LLC in the Mykolaiv region decided to reduce its planned sowing area from 4,000 to 3,000 hectares to ensure better conditions for obtaining a harvest.

Kornatskyi Agrofirm LLC in Mykolaiv region has decided to reduce its planned sowing area from 4,000 to 3,000 hectares to ensure better conditions for obtaining a harvest. At the same time, the farm plans to sow winter wheat even in the absence of rainfall, The Ukrainian Farmer reports. According to the farm’s chief agronomist, Yaroslav Kaspruk, the company abandoned its initial plan in favor of sowing quality and future yields. In conditions of moisture deficit, expanding the area may not pay off. “It is more important for us to sow 3,000 hectares under normal conditions and count on a high yield than to fulfill the initial plan of 4,000 hectares at any cost and then get a smaller harvest,” Yaroslav Kaspruk explained. The farm takes a different approach to sowing winter wheat. Even if there is no rain, the work is not called off. Kornatskyi Agrofirm has experience with this already. Last year, it ...