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Farmers are sowing spring barley, it said in a report.
In 2018, Ukraine started field works in mid-March.
Ukraine's 2019, spring grains sowing area will total 7.2 million hectares, the same level as in 2018, the agriculture ministry said.
Overall grain area is likely to total 14.8 million hectares in the 2018/19 season, it said.