In 2024, the most significant part of the crops consisted of grain crops (excluding legumes, rice, and buckwheat), occupying 602.9 thousand hectares, which accounts for 48.4% of the total area. Forage crops ranked second with an area of 404.3 thousand hectares (32.4%). Potato crops comprised 66.4 thousand hectares (5.3%), while vegetable crops covered 54.8 thousand hectares (4.4%).
A noticeable increase is observed specifically in the grain sector: compared to 2020, the areas allocated for these crops increased by 29.6 thousand hectares, corresponding to a growth of 5.2%.
In the structure of grains, barley dominates, occupying 41.6% of the total sown area of grain crops.
