Grain harvesting 87% completed in Ukraine - 12.12.2022

Grain harvesting 87% completed in Ukraine - 12.12.2022

As of December 8, Ukrainian farmers harvested grains and pulses throughout 9.7 mln ha or 87% of the planned area. Production volume reached 43,6 mln tonnes with the average yield at 4.51 t/ha, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy informed.

Currently, farmers are harvesting late crops:

  • 2.8 mln ha of corn for grain (66%; 17.2 mln tonnes, 6.19 t/ha);
  • 115 thsd ha of buckwheat (98%; 157 thsd tonnes, 1.37 t/ha);
  • 43.2 thsd ha of millet (97%; 99.5 thsd tonnes, 2.3 t/ha).

Moreover, farmers harvested 4.6 mln ha of sunflower seed area (98%). Production volume reached 10 mln tonnes with the yield of 2.18 t/ha. Agrarians reaped 1.5 mln ha of soybean (98%). Production volume reached 3.7 mln tonnes of with the yield of 2.42 t/ha.

Farmers harvested 8.9 mln tonnes of sugar beet with the yield of 50.2 t/ha reaped from 176.7 thsd ha (98%)

Source: https://www.apk-inform.com/ Image: https://pixabay.com/