Agrarians in all regions of Ukraine harvested 63.2 mln tons of grains and oilseeds, including 43.4 mln tons of grains and 19.6 mln tons of oilseeds, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported.
According to the report, grain and leguminous crops were harvested on an area of 8849.8 thousand hectares with a yield of 49.0 c/ha.
To date, Ukraine has completed harvesting and threshing of barley from 1505 thousand hectares (101% of the plan), which yielded 5.890 million tons; wheat – from 4695 thousand hectares (101%), 22.409 million tons were harvested; peas – from 154.4 thousand hectares (103%), 398.2 thousand tons were harvested, and rapeseed – from 1396 thousand hectares (98%), 4.005 million tons of seeds were harvested.
The harvest of millet is nearing completion, with 178.4 thou tons harvested from 78.6 thou hectares (93%), and buckwheat – 205.6 thou tons harvested from 138.1 thou hectares (97%). Corn was harvested from 1947.3 thou hectares (34%), amounting to 13.320 mln tons.
In addition, other grains and pulses were harvested in the amount of 964.9 thou tons from 332.5 thou hectares.
Ukraine continues harvesting oilseeds, including sunflower – 11.074 million tons (10.211 million tons a week earlier) from 4.687 million hectares (86%), soybeans – 4.507 million tons (4.2411 million tons) from 1.729 million hectares (91%).
Sugar beet was harvested from 155.4 thou hectares (125.3 thou hectares a week earlier), which is 50% of the planned area. The harvest amounted to 7.334 million tons.
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy also monitors information on crop yields, which amounted to 47.6 c/ha for wheat, 39.2 c/ha for barley, 25.8 c/ha for peas, 22.7 c/ha for millet, and 14.9 c/ha for buckwheat. The yield of corn is 68.4 c/ha, rapeseed – 28.7 c/ha, soybeans – 26.1 c/ha, sunflower – 23.6 c/ha. The yield of sugar beet is 472.1 c/ha.
At the same time, the Ministry clarified that Zaporizhzhia farmers have completed harvesting the entire crop this year.
As reported, this season’s winter wheat plantings amounted to 4166 thousand hectares (-834 thousand hectares compared to the previous season), winter barley – 536 thousand hectares (-255 thousand hectares), and rapeseed – 1374 thousand hectares (+110 thousand hectares).
According to the adjusted forecast of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, in 2023, farmers will be able to harvest 79.1 mln tons of grains and oilseeds, including the following volumes: wheat – 21.7 mln tons, barley – 5.7 mln tons and corn – 28.5 mln tons. Gross production of oilseeds will reach 21.6 million tons, including 13 million tons of sunflower, 4 million tons of rapeseed, and 4.6 million tons of soybeans. The sugar beet harvest is forecast at 13.7 million tons.
