In 2018, Ukraine to increase corn production — Ministry of Agrarian Policy

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In 2018, the harvest volumes of corn in Ukraine will increase by 19.4% compared with the last year level, and total nearly 29.5 mln tonnes, declared the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Maksym Martynyuk on September 18.

According to him, in 2018/19 MY the exports volumes will total 22 mln tonnes.

Also, Ukraine will increase the production of sunflower seed — up 9.8% compared with 2017, to 13.4 mln tonnes; and rapeseed — up 18.2%, to 2.6 mln tonnes. At the same time, in 2018 wheat production in Ukraine will reduce by 7.6%, to 24.2 mln tonnes; barley — down 13%, to 7.2 mln tonnes; rye — down 15%, to 0.38 mln tonnes; buckwheat — down 25%, to 0.14 mln tonnes; and soybeans — down 2.6%, to 3.8 mln tonnes.

Also, M.Martynyuk announced the forecast of the planted areas under winter crops for the harvest-2019 at the level of 8.09 mln ha, including wheat — 6.2 mln ha, barley — 0.87 mln ha, and rapeseed — 0.89 mln ha.

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