KYIV. Aug 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ristone Holdings agricultural group (Dnipropetrovsk region) has completed harvesting early grain crops on an area of over 20,000 hectares and harvested more than 142,000 tonnes of grain.
According to a press release, the average yield was 71 centners per ha, while the yield of winter wheat is estimated at 74 centners per ha, winter barley at 51.5 centners per ha, spring barley at 42.1 centners per ha.
The company plans to sow 22,000 hectares with winter crops for the harvest of 2016.
Ristone Holdings is an agricultural vertically integrated holding, which includes a flour mill, four bakeries, and three elevators. The company cultivates about 60,000 hectares of land in Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions.