Ukraine harvested over 69 mln tonnes of grains — Ministry of Agrarian Policy

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Ukrainian agrarians already harvested grains throughout the areas of 14.6 mln ha (99% of the plan). The production volumes totaled 69.3 mln tonnes, with the average yield of 4.74 t/ha, reported the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine on December 5.

In particular, agrarians still continued harvesting corn for grain. The harvested areas reached 4.4 mln ha (97%), the volumes — 34.1 mln tonnes, and the yield — 7.7 t/ha. Agrarian almost completed the harvesting campaign of buckwheat and millet, which areas reached 108 thsd ha (99%) and 51 thsd ha (98%), respectively. The harvest volumes of buckwheat totaled 136 thsd tonnes, with the yield of 1.26 t/ha; and millet — 78 thsd tonnes, with the yield of 1.54 t/ha.

At the same time, Ukrainian agrarians continued harvesting oilseed crops. Ukraine harvested 13.8 mln tonnes of sunflower seed throughout 6.05 mln ha (99.8%), with the average yield of 2.28 t/ha; and soybeans — 4.4 mln tonnes throughout 1.7 mln ha (99%), with the yield of 2.58 t/ha.

The production of rapeseed totaled 2.7 mln tonnes, the areas — 1 mln ha, and the yield — 2.61 t/ha.

Also, agrarians harvested 13.5 mln tonnes of sugar beet throughout 274 thsd ha (98%), with the yield of 49.4 t/ha.

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