19 regions of Ukraine harvested 4.7 million tons of grain

5 July 2018, 10:00

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As of July 4, agrarians of 19 regions of Ukraine, where the harvesting campaign continues, have already brought in 4.7 million tons of new crop grain from 1.6 million hectares with a productivity of 2.93 t/ha.

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine informs that in Mykolayiv region 1 million tons of early grain were threshed from 359.1 thou. hectares and Odessa region — 1.3 million tons from 348.4 thou. hectares.

The volumes of harvested crops are as follows:

winter wheat — 2.58 million tons from 883.3 thou. hectares with the productivity of 2.92 t/ha;
spring wheat — 2.2 thou. tons from 0.8 thou. hectares with the productivity of 2.82 t/ha;
winter barley — 1.9 million tons from 578 thou. hectares with the productivity of 3.26 t/ha;
spring barley — 70.3 thou. tons from 36.9 thou. hectares with the productivity of 1.91 t/ha;
peas — 124.4 thou. tons from 92 thou. hectares with the productivity of 1.35 t/ha.

In 17 regions, winter rapeseed harvesting continues. This oilseed crop is threshed on the area of 251 thou. hectares (25% of the forecast), with a productivity of 2.02 t/ha. The harvest of winter rapeseed reached 505 thou. tons so far.

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