Ukraine harvests 290,000 t of rapeseed, with lowest yields in Kherson region — AgMin

As of July 10, Ukrainian farmers had harvested 290,100 tons of rapeseed, according to data from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy. The crop was collected from 178,900 hectares, with an average yield of 1.6 tons per hectare nationwide.

The lowest yield was recorded in Kherson region — just 0.68 t/ha.

Yields in other regions were as follows:

• Poltava — 1.1 t/ha

• Zakarpattia — 1.43 t/ha

• Chernivtsi — 1.5 t/ha

• Zaporizhzhia — 1.54 t/ha

• Mykolaiv — 1.56 t/ha

• Kirovohrad — 1.63 t/ha

• Odesa — 1.66 t/ha

• Dnipropetrovsk — 1.95 t/ha

Other regions have not yet started harvesting rapeseed.

Last season, Ukraine harvested 3.8 million tons of rapeseed and exported 3.2 million tons, generating $1.56 billion in export revenue.