Sunflower yields lowest in Cherkasy region, 14 regions of Ukraine started harvesting
8 September 2020, 08:41
As of September 3, sunflower harvesting in Ukraine reached 700.62 thou. t having covered 455.47 thou. ha or 7% of the planned areas (6.38 mln ha), the Harvest Online 2020 data show.
Sunflower yields 1.54 t/ha on average since the start of the campaign. 14 regions of Ukraine have started harvesting this oilseed crop.
Regions harvesting lowest yield of sunflower
| Region | Area, thou. ha | Harvest, thou. t | Yield, t/ha |
| Chernivtsi | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.94 |
| Zaporizhzhya | 13.6 | 15.43 | 1.14 |
| Mykolaiv | 149.07 | 186.8 | 1.25 |
| Luhansk | 33.51 | 44.82 | 1.34 |
| Dnipropetrovsk | 53.84 | 77.26 | 1.44 |
Learn more: TOP 10 Sunflower Producing Countries in 2019
As of September 3, agriproducers in Ukraine harvested 41.8 mln t of main crops on 11.3 mln ha, of which grains and legumes make up 38.5 mln t harvested on 9.7 mln ha, or 63% of the planned areas.
