9 September 2020, 08:44, Oilseeds

Soybean yields 1.66 t/ha at campaign start

As of September 3, soybean harvesting in Ukraine progressed to 49.86 thou. t having covered 30.09 thou. ha or 2% of the planned areas (1.34 mln ha), the Harvest Online 2020 data show.

Soybean yields 1.66 t/ha on average since the start of the campaign. 9 regions of Ukraine have started harvesting this oilseed crop.

Region Harvest, thou. t Area, thou. ha Yield, t/ha
Kherson 17.95 7.18 2.5
Kirovohrad 10.92 9.93 1.1
Sumy 6.97 3.17 2.2
Kyiv 6.49 3.89 1.67
Poltava 3.52 2.12 1.66
Cherkasy 2.65 2.41 1.1
Dnipropetrovsk 0.52 0.44 1.2
Chernivtsi 0.51 0.28 1.81
Mykolaiv 0.34 0.67 0.5

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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.

Follow the updates with the Harvest Online 2020 project.