15 November 2018, 11:00,
Grain
65 mln tons of new crop harvested in Ukraine
As of November 14, 2018, the Ukrainian agrarians harvested 65.3 million tons of grain on the area of 14.2 million hectares (96%) with the productivity of 4.61 tons/ha (2017: 4.15 tons/ha).
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reports the following yields:
- corn — 30.2 million tons on 4 million hectares (87%) with a productivity of 7.55 tons/ha (2017: 5.15 tons/ha);
- buckwheat — 135 thou. tons on 107 thou. hectares (99%) with a productivity of 1.26 tons/ha (2017: 1.09 tons/ha);
- millet — 78 thou. tons on 51 thou. hectares (98%) with a productivity of 1.54 tons/ha (2017: 1.46 tons/ha).
Harvesting of industrial crops has reached the following results:
- sunflower — 13.7 million tons on 6 million hectares (99%) with a productivity of 2.27 tons/ha (2017: 2.01 tons/ha);
- soybean — 4.3 million tons on 1.7 million hectares (98%) with a productivity of 2.57 tons/ha (2017: 1.92 tons/ha);
- sugar beet — 12.8 million tons on 260 thou. hectares (93%) with a productivity of 49.3 tons/ha (2017: 45 tons/ha). 10.9 million tons are delivered to processing facilities.