Ukrainian grain crop 13% higher in 2018
19 December 2018, 12:55
In 2018, the Ukrainian agriproducers reported a 70.1 mln t harvest of grain and leguminous crops which is 13% higher than the previous year's indicator of 62 mln t.
The Agrarian Ministry reported the following yields:
- corn — 35.5 mln t;
- wheat — 24.5 mln t;
- barley — 7.3 mln t;
- rye — 0.41 mln t;
- buckwheat — 0.13 mln t.
Sunflower yielded 13.7 mln t, soybean — 4.4 mln t, rapeseed — 2.6 mln t, and sugar beet — 13 mln t.
The leaders in grain production are:
- Poltava region — 6.4 mln t;
- Vinnytsya — 6.1 mln t;
- Cherkasy — 4.8 mln t.
The highest productivity of grain and leguminous crops is recorded in the following regions:
- Cherkasy — 7.28 t/ha;
- Khmelnytsky — 7.16 t/ha;
- Vinnytsya — 7.13 t/ha.
As reported earlier, in the first quarter of 2018/19, the Ukrainian grain exports showed a decline compared to the previous season. In October and November, there was a sharp increase in shipments against the background of the active supply of the new crop into the corn market.