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UKRAINE AGRICULTURE PHOTO GALLERY

Global Ag Investments, LLC - Ukraine has their first season underway.

The crops grown in this region by Global Ag Investments - Ukraine are winter wheat, rapeseed, winter barley. These have just been planted this past September during the winter planting season. This spring, Global Ag also has planted peas, chickpeas, sunflowers and sorghum. Also, Global Ag is managing on a facility with hogs beginning this spring shown in some photos.

Check out what we have going on as the year progresses below.

 
JUNE 2009

CROP PROGRESS: (Left) Rapeseed: Malik, the translator, standing in a field of rapeseed. (Right) Barley.

Malik standing in a field of rapeseed reaching chin high. Barley growing well.

(Left) Wheat. (Right) Chick peas shown working through the weeds.

Wheat growing nicely. Weeds in a field of chick peas.

 
MAY 2009

CROP PROGRESS: (Left) Chick peas. (Right) Yellow peas beginng to flower.

Chick peas growth at late May Yellow peas beginning to flower.

Barley.

James out scouting in barley. Sunrise over the barley

Wheat.

Close up of wheat. James scouting in wheat

Sunflowers. (Left) Jonathan, Katia, James, and Malik viewing the fields. (Right) Young sunflowers. (Below Left) Euro lightening Sunflowers. (Below Right) Express Sunflowers.

Group out viewing the fields Young sunflowers' growth. Second style of sunflower. Third type of sunflower.

Rapeseed. The Rapeseed is beginning to loose the flowers and create the pods for seeds. These are different fields at different stages in late May.

Rapeseed in early stages of creating pods Rapeseed plant close up on a nice looking example. Rapeseed field stages.

CHICK PEAS: Chick peas are coming through pretty well.

Chick peas shown after one month of being planted Chick peas, field view

YELLOW PEAS: Yellow peas are covering the fields nicely.

Yellow peas, a field view Yellow peas, a view of coverage under foot

SUNFLOWERS: Just starting to emerge.

(Right) A view of Global Ag fields side by side. Closest is sunflowers emerging, behind that, a field of wheat is dark green and furthest, in yellow, is rapeseed.

Sunflowers just emerging Sunflowers with wheat and rapeseed shown further out.

RAPESEED FROST RECOVERY: There had been a frost in April and this is showing the different degrees of rapeseed progress after recovering and how it could look without frost damage.

(Left) This field did not receive any frost damage. It is shown on the 4th of May. (Right) Rapeseed recovered from the frost shown on the 11th.

Rape not in freeze area. Rapeseed on the 11th after recovering from the frost.

Damaged rapeseed still recovering on the 4th.

Freeze shown on rapeseed Rapeseed field recovering from frost.

WHEAT: Spraying herbicide continues. (Right) Justin checking over the wheat.

Spraying herbicide on wheat Justin checking over the wheat

 

 
APRIL 2009

CROP PROGRESS: Rapeseed and wheat at the end of April.

Rape field progress Wheat field looking very well

(Left) Wheat being inspected by Malik, James, Adele and Elana. (Right) Peas being sprayed with herbicide.

Malik, James, Adele and Elana inspecting the wheat Spraying peas with herbicide

Justin checking over some rapeseed.

Rapeseed field with Justin

SPRING CROP PROGRESS: Wheat, rapeseed and peas in the middle of April.

(Left) In a wheat field with Yevgeni the agronomist. (Right) James inspecting the wheat.

Looking through wheat with Y James in a wheat field

(Left) Rapeseed. (Right) Peas.

A good field of rapeseed. Peas planted in March.

PLANTING: Sunflowers being planted.

sunflower planting, view 1 Sunflower planting, view 2

Using the roller behind the planted sunflowers.

Using a roller after planted sunflowers

FIELDWORK PROGRESS: Fertilizer spreading and spraying continues.

New fertilizer spreader Filling the sprayer Sprayer in use

SPRING CROP PROGRESS: Assessing rapeseed in April.

Assessing the rapeseed field.

SPRING LIVESTOCK: Sows and piglets at feeding time.

Sows at feeding time. Piglets with sow

SPRING FIELD WORK: Spraying on rapeseed and spraying for ground beetles.

Spraying rapeseed. Spraying for ground beetles

SPRING PLANTING: Peas are continued to be planted.

(Left) Inoculating Peas. (Right) Planter set up. (Below Left) Second planter. (Below Right) Roller in use after peas are planted.

Inoculating Peas. Planter Filling the second planter Roller in use

 
MARCH 2009

SPRING FIELD WORK: Fertilizer being spread for rapeseed.

Spreading fertilizer on rape seed.

CROP PROGRESS: Barley, Rapeseed and Wheat fields. Looking over the crop progress from winter freeze.

(Left) Barley. (Right) Rapeseed. (Below Left) Wheat.

Rape fieldWheat field.

SPRING PLANTING: Peas are being planted.

(Left) Cultivating for Peas. (Right) Filling planter. (Below Left) Planting peas.

Cultivating for PeasFilling planter for planting peas. Planting peas

 

 

 
FEBRUARY 2009

KEIV, UKRAINE: National Ag Show.

Keiv, Ukraine - National Ag Show, view 1 Keiv, Ukraine - National Farm Show, view 2 Keiv, Ukraine - National Farm Show, View 3

SPRING CROP REVIEW: Looking over crops and fields with agronomists.

Crop and field analysis with Taras, agronomist. Looking over more crops and fields with contracted agronomists

SPRING FIELD WORK: Spreading Fertilizer on Barley.

Spreading fertilizer for barley

 
JANUARY 2009

CROP PROGRESS: Snow has come to Ukraine.

Winter Barley.

Winter Barley Adele in Winter Barley field Justin in Winter Barley field Winter Barley field

Winter Rapeseed.

Winter Rapeseed Winter Rapeseed, close up

Winter Wheat.

Winter Wheat, north of highway Winter Wheat, Field 2 Winter Wheat, Field 3 Winter Wheat, Field 7 Winter Wheat, Field 8 Winter Wheat, Field 9 Winter Wheat covered with snow