As of September 20, farmers in all regions of Ukraine have harvested 44.5 million tons of new crops from 12.5 million hectares, up from 39 million tons from 10.9 million hectares a week earlier.
As reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food on Friday, 31.9 million tons (30.08 million tons) of grain, 11 million tons (8.2 million tons) of oilseeds and 1.7 million tons (741.5 thousand tons) of sugar beet have already been harvested.
It was specified that the harvest of wheat has been completed, with 22.3 million tons harvested from 4.9 million hectares at a yield of 42.4 c/ha, barley – 5.5 million tons from 1.41 million hectares at a yield of 39.2 c/ha, peas – 465.3 million tons from 212.2 thousand hectares at a yield of 21.9 c/ha.
Corn harvesting continues, with 2.4 million tons harvested (255.3 thousand tons a week earlier) from 514 thousand hectares, buckwheat – 99.4 thousand tons (88.2 thousand tons) from 66 thousand hectares, millet – 132 thousand tons (110.43 thousand tons) from 132.0 thousand hectares.
Ukraine continues to harvest oilseeds. In particular, 3.4 million tons (3.415 million tons) of rapeseed have been harvested from 1.265 million hectares, 2.6 million tons of soybeans (1.845 thousand tons) from 1.3 million hectares, and 4.9 million tons (1.5 million tons) of sunflower from 2.4 million hectares.
The leaders in grain harvesting are farmers in Odesa region, who threshed 4.1 mln ha, Poltava region – 2.4 mln tons, and Vinnytsia region – 2.3 mln tons. In terms of yields, Khmelnytsky region is ahead with 63.4 c/ha, Ivano-Frankivsk region – 58.6 c/ha, and Ternopil region – 57 c/ha.
