Ukraine harvests over 7 MMT of new crop grain — Agriculture Ministry
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As of 18 July, Ukrainian farmers have harvested 7.2 million tons of new crop grain, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
To date, 2.3 million hectares of grain and leguminous crops have been covered, including:
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wheat: 1.5 million ha harvested, 4.6 million tons collected at an avg. yield of 3.1 t/ha;
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barley: 660.6 thousand ha harvested, 2.2 million tons collected at an avg. yield of 3.3 t/ha;
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peas: 170.8 thousand ha harvested, 362.9 thousand tons collected.
The leading regions are Odesa (2 million tons), Mykolaiv (1.1 million tons), and Kirovohrad (963 thousand tons).
Rapeseed harvesting is ongoing in 14 regions. Farmers have already collected 614.1 thousand tons from 360.3 thousand ha. The crop yields 1.7 t/ha on average.
