Released on 25/12/12

During the planting campaign of winter crops in the current year, agrarians of Ukraine used seeds of high-level replication, declared Alexander Demidov, Director of the department of plant growing of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, on December 20, according to APK-Inform.

According to him, usage of certified high-quality seeds will allow significantly increasing the yield and production volumes of certain agricultural crops.

Through usage of high-quality resources, Ukraine can increase the production of winter grains and soybeans by 20-30%, maize – up 30-45%, as well as sunflower seed – up 25-50%, A.Demidov said.

He also said that in the current year the condition of winter crops plantings is much better compared with the average annual results of recent 10 years, which gives reason to hope for successful overwintering and safety, when the spring vegetation resumes.

Source Ukrainian Independent Information and News Agency