Ukraine continues harvesting late crops

Source

APK-Inform

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As of January 5, Ukrainian farmers harvested grains and pulses throughout 10.7 mln ha or 93% of the planned area. Production volume reached 49.5 mln tonnes with the average yield at 4.64 t/ha, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy informed.

Currently, farmers are harvesting late crops:

  • 3.4 mln ha of corn for grain (81%; 22.1 mln tonnes, 6.48 t/ha);
  • 116 thsd ha of buckwheat (98%; 158.5 thsd tonnes, 1.37 t/ha);
  • 44.7 thsd ha of millet (99%; 101.8 thsd tonnes, 2.28 t/ha).

Moreover, farmers harvested 4.8 mln ha of sunflower seed area (99%). Production volume reached 10.5 mln tonnes with the yield of 2.17 t/ha. Agrarians reaped 1.53 mln ha of soybean (100%). Production volume reached 3.7 mln tonnes of with the yield of 2.43 t/ha.

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