For the 2004 harvest, 192.3 thousand hectares were sown with winter crops for grain and green fodder, of which 187.3 thousand hectares Tsfor grain, which is respectively 18.9 thousand and 19.6 thousand hectares more than a year earlier. Winter wheat predominates Ts 126.9thousand hectares (67.8% of the total area), rye C 60.1thousand hectares (32.1%). \nIn households of the population, 84.7 thousand hectares of winter crop sowings are concentrated. In them, almost 70% of the sowing is occupied by wheat and 30% by rye. Compared to last year, individual farmers increased winter crop sowing by 4.6 thousand hectares (5.8%). \nAgricultural enterprises sowed 107.6 thousand hectares, which is 14.3 thousand hectares (15.3%) more than a year earlier, including 67.8 thousand hectares of wheat (66.1% of the total volume) and 34.7 thousand hectares of rye (33.9%). Sown areas of winter crops were increased in almost all districts, except Kamin-Kashyrskyi, Liubeshivskyi, Manevytskyi and Shatskyi. \nOverall in the region, agricultural enterprises exceeded forecasts for sowing winter crops for grain and green fodder by 19.4%, including for grain by 18.3%. \n