97% of rapeseed threshed in Ukraine
2 August 2018, 10:23
As of August 1, 2018, Ukrainian agrarians are completing winter rapeseed harvesting, which is threshed in the volume of 2.4 million tons from 943 thou. hectares (97% of the forecast) with a productivity of 2.59 tons/ha.
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine informs that 24.4 million tons of grain and leguminous crops are harvested so far from 7.4 million hectares (75% of the forecast) with the productivity of 2.59 tons/ha.
The volumes of harvested crops are as follows:
- winter wheat — 18.4 mln tons from 5.2 mln hectares (81%) with the productivity of 3.53 tons/ha;
- spring wheat — 77.6 thou. tons from 319 thou. hectares (16%), 2.52 tons/ha;
- winter barley — 3 mln tons from 853 thou. hectares (98%), 3.5 tons/ha;
- spring barley — 2 mln tons from 930 thou. hectares (57%), 2.17 tons/ha;
- peas — 626 thou. tons from 360 thou. hectares (83%), 1.74 tons/ha;
- rye — 116 thou. tons from 44 thou. hectares (30%), 2.64 tons/ha;
- oats — 34 thou. tons from 19 thou. hectares (9%), 1.8 tons/ha;
- spring rapeseed — 20.9 thou. tons from 13.7 thou. hectares (21%), 1.87 tons/ha.
