Soybean production in Ukraine crossed 2 mln t, new crop 61% harvested
18 October 2021, 06:00
Soybean production in Ukraine as of 13 October reached 2,013.73 mln t on 783.72 thou. ha, 61% of the projected area. Soybean covers 1.28 mln ha in Ukraine in 2021/22(September 2021-August 2022).
The average yield of soybean on the reporting date was 2.57 t/ha (Oct. 2020: 2 t/ha).
The top three regions by soybean production since the start of the campaign:
- Khmelnytsky: 271.7 thou. t
- Zhytomyr: 204 thou. t
- Poltava: 196.9 thou. t
The highest soybean yields in Ukraine are harvested in the following regions:
| Region | Yield, t/ha | Harvested area, тыс. га | Harvest, thou/. t |
| 1. Khmelnytsky | 3.38 | 80.3 | 271.7 |
| 2. Lviv | 3.08 | 33.1 | 101.9 |
| 3. Ternopil | 3.04 | 20.1 | 61 |
| 4. Vinnytsya | 2.98 | 54.5 | 162.4 |
| 5. Chernivtsi | 2.84 | 36.7 | 104 |
The new crop campaign in Ukraine was 70% completed as of 13 October. Grains and legumes yielded 52.6 mln t.
