Analyst UkrAgroConsult on Thursday cut its forecast of Ukraine's 2013 grain crop by 1.5 percent to 52.4 million tonnes due to a significant delay in spring grain sowing caused by snowfall across central, northern and western regions.
“Late resumption of winter crops’ vegetation and late sowing of spring crops may have a negative impact on average grain yield,” UkrAgroConsult said in a statement. The consultancy had said the former Soviet republic could harvest a total of 53.3 million tonnes of grain this year versus 42.1 million tonnes in 2012.
