KYIV, March 30 – The owner of Ukrlandfarming and Avangard agricultural holdings, Oleh Bakhmatiuk, estimates the cost of grain planting in 2018 at $100 million.

"We plan to sow around 505,000 hectares for the harvest of 2018. We are 90% provided with money for the sowing campaign. We have found $90 million, while a total of $100 million is needed for sowing. Some $60 million have been already financed, another $30 million we are now financing and $10 million are to be found," he told journalists in Kyiv.