As of October 11, farmers in all regions of Ukraine have harvested 62.2 million tons of new crops from 16.8 million hectares, up from 56.6 million tons from 15.8 million hectares a week earlier.
As reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food on Friday, 40.2 million tons (37.3 million tons) of grains and legumes, 17 million tons (15.8 million tons) of oilseeds and 5 million tons (3.5 million tons) of sugar beet have already been harvested.
The Ministry specified that wheat harvesting was 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 1.4 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 10.6 million tons harvested (7.7 thousand tons a week earlier) from 1.9 million hectares (48% of the plan), buckwheat – 124.3 thousand tons (121.8 thousand tons) from 85.8 thousand hectares (96%), millet – 156.1 thousand tons (154.8 thousand tons) from 82.9 thousand hectares (89%).
Ukraine continues harvesting oilseeds. In particular, 3.5 mln tons of rapeseed (3.457 mln tons a week earlier) have been harvested from 1.3 mln hectares (100%), soybeans – 4.8 mln tons (4.277 mln tons) from 2.1 mln hectares (80%), sunflower – 8.8 mln tons (8 mln tons) from 4.3 mln hectares (87%).
At the same time, the leaders in grain harvesting are farmers in Odesa region, who threshed 4.2 mln ha, Poltava region – 3.5 mln tons, and Kirovograd region – 2.7 mln tons. In terms of yields, the leaders are farmers in Khmelnytsky region with 65.5 c/ha, Ternopil region – 63 c/ha, Cherkasy region – 60.5 c/ha, and Ivano-Frankivsk region – 60.2 c/ha.
