At Agro-Region, the irrigated area has been expanded
11. 04. 25
The Agro-Region Group has expanded its irrigated area to 580 hectares by installing another irrigation system covering 100 hectares in the Kyiv cluster earlier this year.
This was noted by Oleksandr Morenets, the irrigation project manager.
“Our first irrigation system was installed in 2018 — 140 hectares with Zimmatic equipment. In 2019, we added two more irrigation machines: 140 hectares with Zimmatic and 200 hectares with VALLEY. Currently, the irrigation equipment is from a Ukrainian manufacturer, specifically the Kharkiv-based plant ‘Variant Agro Build’,” he added.
According to Oleksandr Morenets, the irrigated crops include seed production fields and partially corn.
“We’ve shifted from a zone of sufficient moisture to one of insufficient moisture, so irrigation is a key priority for the future,” he said.
He also noted that when comparing fields with the same soil structure — in Agro-Region’s case, sandy loam — the yield increase for commercial corn under irrigation can reach an additional 5–6 tons per hectare (dry weight).