KYIV, Oct 26 – The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food predicts that Ukrainian farmers will sow 5-7% less winter crops than last year, and exports via the sea corridor will reach 1 million tons by the end of October, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy Taras Vysotsky said during the national telethon.

"We see today that rains and precipitation have resumed [after the soil drought in September. This gives a positive signal for the sowing of winter crops. We predict that the sowing of winter grains will be less than last year. It looks like this decrease will be somewhere around 5-7%, no more," he said.