Wheat| Ukraine's winter wheat acreage could shrink

October 23, 2015 9:32 AM | Skymet Weather Team

Ukraine's winter wheat acreage could shrink by more than 10 percent because of a severe drought, though recent rain may help weak crops to survive the approaching winter, the country's agriculture minister said. Farmers had sown about 5.1 million hectares of winter wheat by Oct. 20, according to the agriculture ministry.

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