23 October 2020, 06:00,
Oilseeds
Sunflower production highest in Kharkiv region, campaign finalized at 2.81 t/ha in Poltava region
As of October 19, sunflower harvesting in Ukraine reached 10.9 mln t having covered 5.5 thou. ha or 87% of the planned areas (6.38 mln ha), the Harvest Online 2020 data show.
Sunflower yields 1.96 t/ha on average since the start of the campaign. All regions of Ukraine have started harvesting this oilseed crop.
Regions harvesting the highest yield of sunflower
| Region | Area, thou. ha | Harvest, thou. t | Yield, t/ha |
| Kharkiv | 549.57 (94%) | 1241.6 | 2.26 |
| Kirovohrad | 592.9 (97%) | 1125.4 | 1.9 |
| Poltava | 383.9 (100%) | 1057.2 | 2.81 |
| Dnipropetrovsk | 531.64 (86%) | 851.02 | 1.6 |
| Zaporizhzhya | 443.09 (86%) | 650.53 | 1.47 |
Learn more: TOP 10 Sunflower Producing Countries in 2019
The highest harvesting pace was achieved in Kirovohrad and Kherson regions — 97%, Luhansk and Kharkiv 94%, Donetsk 93%, Mykolaiv 92% and Sumy 91%.
The project is developed in partnership with Soufflet Agro Ukraine. Follow the updates with the Harvest Online 2020 project.