18 October 2021, 06:00, Oilseeds

Soybean production in Ukraine crossed 2 mln t, new crop 61% harvested

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.

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