KYIV. June 25 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Farmers in the southern regions of Ukraine have started harvesting early grain crops, and as of June 25, the first 20,000 hectares were threshed.
“The harvesting campaign has started in Ukraine. First [wheat on] 20,000 hectares have been threshed. The favorable weather and first results promise a good harvest,” Agricultural Policy and Food Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Pavlenko wrote on his Facebook page.
As reported, referring to the ministry, grain was sowed in Ukraine in 2015 on 14.8 hectares: 7.9 million hectares with winter crops and 6.9 million hectares with spring crops.
