30 November 2020, 12:47,
Oilseeds
Sunflower yielded 20% lower in Ukraine
In 2020, sunflower average yield in Ukraine dropped 20% YoY to 2.06 t/ha.
Under the data of the State Statistics Service, sunflower yielded 2.56 t/ha on average in Ukraine in 2019, the bulk yield reached 15.25 mln t.
Agriproducers harvested 13 mln t of sunflowerseeds in the current season. Regions having harvested the highest yield of sunflower:
| Region | Average yield, t/ha | Harvest, thou. t | Area, thou. ha |
| Sumy | 3.22 | 889.69 | 276.3 (100%) |
| Khmelnytskyi | 3.10 | 527.6 | 170.2 (100%) |
| Ternopil | 3.06 | 269.6 | 88.1 (100%) |
| Chernihiv | 2.92 | 671.7 | 230 (98%) |
| Ivano-Frankivsk | 2.83 | 66.5 | 23.5 (100%) |
| Poltava | 2.81 | 1,078 | 383.9 (100%) |
| Rivne | 2.8 | 110.9 | 39.6 (100%) |
| Volyn | 2.7 | 109.62 | 612 (100%) |
| Lviv | 2.66 | 75 | 28.2 (93%) |
Learn more: TOP 10 Sunflower Producing Countries in 2019
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