63 mln tons of grain harvested in Ukraine

As of November 8, 2018, the Ukrainian agrarians harvested 62.9 million tons of grain on the area of 13.9 million hectares (94%) with the productivity of 4.51 tons/ha.

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reports the following yields:

• early grain and leguminous crops — 34.3 million tons on 9.9 million hectares with a productivity of 3.48 tons/ha;
• corn — 27.8 million tons on 3.8 million hectares (82%) with a productivity of 7.37 tons/ha;
• buckwheat — 135 thou. tons on 107 thou. hectares (98%) with a productivity of 1.26 tons/ha;
• millet — 78 thou. tons on 50 thou. hectares (97%) with a productivity of 1.54 tons/ha.

Harvesting of industrial crops has reached the following results:

• sunflower — 13.3 million tons on 5.9 million hectares (98%) with a productivity of 2.24 tons/ha;
• soybean — 4.3 million tons on 1.7 million hectares (98%) with a productivity of 2.55 tons/ha;
• rapeseed — 2.7 million tons on 1 million hectares with a productivity of 2.61 tons/ha;
• sugar beet — 12.1 million tons on 245 thou. hectares (88%) with a productivity of 49.2 tons/ha.

Since the start of MY2018/19, as of November 7, Ukraine exported 14.12 million tons of grain, which is 80 thou. tons less than the indicator for the last year's comparative period.

The new infographic guide Agribusiness of Ukraine 2017/18 is available by the link.