20 August 2020, 18:00, Oilseeds

Rapeseed yields lowest in Odesa and Zaporizhzhya regions, 14 regions finalized harvesting

Winter and spring rapeseed production in Ukraine as of August 13 stood at 2.46 mln t on 1.07 mln ha or 96% of the planned 1.12 mln ha, the Harvest Online 2020 data show.

The average yield since that start of harvesting makes up 2.3 t/ha. Fourteen regions of Ukraine have finalized rapeseed harvesting.

Region Harvested areas (thou. ha) Crop (mln t) Avg. yield (t/ha)
Odesa 86.4 81.2 0.94
Zaporizhzhya 100.9 163.92 1.62
Mykolaiv 78.4 136.45 1.74
Kherson 90 175.84 1.95
Luhansk 11.2 22.21 1.98
Zhytomyr 49.5 98.28 1.99
Poltava 3.2 6.58 2.06
Donetsk 36.9 76.13 2.06
Kharkiv 13.4 32.62 2.43
Lviv 59.59 146.11 2.45

The project is developed in partnership with Soufflet Agro Ukraine. Follow the updates with the Harvest Online 2020 project.

Previously reported that in the period of July 1-31 oilseed crops and derived products export from Ukrainian sea ports stood at 774 thou. t, 12% lower from June (882 thou. t  as provided by the figures updated).

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