Ukrainian farmers by November 25 had harvested 63.81 million tonnes of main agricultural crops from a total area of 16.03 million hectares, while 1.5 million tonnes were harvested from 100,000 hectares for the period November 18-25, according to website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
The report clarifies that for the week the total area of farmland from which the harvest was collected increased by 1 percentage point (p.p.) – up to 82% of the previously planned area.
In terms of crops, the harvesting of wheat, barley, peas and rapeseed has been completed. During the week, the volumes of harvested millet (95% harvested), buckwheat (98%), sunflower (96%), soybeans (97%) did not change, but the volumes of harvested sugar beets increased to 93% (3 p.p.) and corn to 53% (3 p.p.)
According to the ministry, the final harvest of wheat this season amounted to 19.4 million tonnes from 4.7 million hectares, barley – 5.6 million tonnes from 1.6 million hectares, rapeseed – 3.2 million tonnes from 1.1 million hectares, peas – 261,000 tonnes from 111,000 hectares.
In addition, by November 25, a total of 13.5 million tonnes of corn (up 1.2 million tonnes per week) were harvested from 2.2 million hectares (up 100,000 hectares), 9.8 million tonnes of sunflower from 4.5 million ha (no change), 8.2 million tonnes of sugar beets (up 300,000 tonnes) from 166,000 hectares (up 4,000 hectares), 3.6 million tonnes of soybeans from 1.5 million hectares (no change), 156,000 tonnes of buckwheat from 115,000 hectares (unchanged), as well as 98,000 tonnes of millet from 42,600 ha (unchanged).
According to the ministry, the average yield for all crops in the current season was 43.7 centners per hectare, including corn – 60.1 centners per hectare, wheat – 41.2 centners per hectare, barley – 35.1 centners per hectare, rapeseed – 28.9 centners/ha, soybeans – 24 centners/ha, peas – 23.4 centners/ha, millet – 23.1 centners/ha, sunflower – 21.7 centners/ha, buckwheat – 13.7 centners/ha, sugar beets – 495 centners/ha.
During the sowing campaign-2022, Ukraine sowed 13.4 million hectares of land with the main agricultural crops, which is 93% of the 14.4 million hectares planned for the current season, including 0.22 sown during the week (June 3-9) million hectares, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food announced on Friday.
According to the data published on its website, as of June 9, the area under sunflower crops is 4.69 million hectares (95% of the 4.93 million hectares planned for 2022), corn – 4.63 million hectares (95% of 4.85 million ha), spring barley – 951.2 thousand ha (93% of 1.02 million ha), spring wheat – 191.1 thousand ha (sowing completed), oats – 159.2 thousand ha (97% of 163 .6 thousand ha), peas – 130.6 thousand ha (89% of 145.7 thousand ha).
In addition, the sown area under potatoes is 1.11 million hectares (93% of 1.19 million hectares), soybeans – 1.21 million hectares (97% of 1.25 million hectares), sugar beet – 182.1 thousand hectares. ha (88% of 206.9 thousand ha), spring rapeseed – 33.4 thousand ha (sowing completed), millet – 48.5 thousand ha (78% of 62.3 thousand ha), buckwheat – 74 .9 thousand ha (92% of 81.6 thousand ha).
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy clarified that the area sown this season has already amounted to 81.7% of the indicators of last year, in which 16.92 million hectares were sown.
The ministry stressed that harvesting of winter crops will begin in some regions from next week. They were sown in 2021 on a total area of 7.7 million hectares, including 6.5 million hectares under winter wheat, 1 million hectares under barley, and 0.16 million hectares under rye.
As reported, due to the military aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine this season, a reduction in the acreage of high-margin crops (sunflower and corn) is expected while increasing the acreage of crops that are easier to produce, but important in terms of food security – peas, barley and oats.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal announced on April 20 that Ukraine will sow approximately 14.2 million hectares of agricultural land this season, which is 80% of last year’s figure of 16.9 million hectares.
Earlier, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy estimated the sown area under spring crops in 2022 at 13.44 million hectares compared to 16.92 million hectares in 2021.
Rostislav Shurma, Deputy Head of the President’s Office, called the goal of Ukraine in 2022 to harvest at least 70% of last year’s volumes.
During the sowing season 2022, Ukraine sowed 11.84 million hectares of land with the main agricultural crops, which is 82.2% of the 14.4 million hectares planned for the current season, including 1.94 million hectares, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food announced on Friday.
According to the data published on its website, as of May 19, the area under sunflower crops is 3.94 million hectares (80% of the 4.93 million hectares planned for 2022), corn – 4.17 million hectares (86% of 4.85 million ha), spring barley – 927,500 ha (92.6% of 1.02 million ha), spring wheat – 188,600 ha (99.4% of 189,600 ha), oats – 156,800 ha (95.8% of 163,600 ha), peas – 124,800 ha (86% of 145,700 ha).
In addition, the sown area under potatoes is 1.07 million hectares (90% of 1.19 million hectares), soybeans – 728,600 ha (78.6% of 1.25 million ha), sugar beet – 182,000 ha (88% of 206,900 ha), spring rapeseed – 28,400 ha (95.3% of 29,800 ha), millet – 32,100 ha (51.5% from 62,300 ha), buckwheat – 37,400 ha (46% of 81,600 ha).
“The sowing season in Ukraine continues. As a result, almost 98% of the areas projected for spring wheat have already been sown,” the Ministry of Agrarian Policy said in a statement.
In addition, in 2021, winter crops were sown for the 2022 harvest on a total area of 7.7 million hectares, including 6.5 million hectares of winter wheat, 1 million hectares of barley and 0.16 million hectares of rye.
During the sowing season 2022, Ukraine sowed 9.9 million hectares of land with the main agricultural crops, which is 68.7% of the 14.4 million hectares planned for the current season, including 2.8 million hectares, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food announced on Friday.
According to the data published on its website, as of May 12, the area under sunflower crops totaled 3.29 million hectares (66% of the 4.93 million hectares planned for 2022), corn – 3.24 million hectares (67% of 4.85 million hectares). hectares), spring barley – 918,800 hectares (89.7% of 1.02 million hectares), spring wheat – 187,500 hectares (98.8% of 189,600 hectares), oats – 156,700 hectares (95.7% of 163,600 hectares), peas – 123,900 hectares (85% of 145,700 hectares).
In addition, the sown area under potatoes is 1.01 million hectares (85.2% of 1.19 million hectares), soybeans – 728,600 hectares (58.1% of 1.25 million hectares), sugar beet – 181,400 hectares (87.7% of 206,900 hectares), spring rapeseed – 26,700 hectares (89.5% of 29,800 hectares), millet – 22,500 hectares (36.1% of 62,300 hectares), buckwheat – 12,200 hectares (14.9% of 81,600 hectares).
“The agrarians of Ukraine, in spite of everything, are sowing. As a result, almost 90% of the areas predicted for spring crops of the early group have already been sown. In Volyn, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk regions, spring wheat is sown on 10-15% more areas than last year,” the ministry said.
In addition, in 2021, winter crops were sown for the 2022 harvest on a total area of 7.7 million hectares, including 6.5 million hectares of winter wheat, 1 million hectares of barley and 0.16 million hectares of rye.
During the sowing season-2022, Ukraine sowed 3.02 million hectares of land with the main agricultural crops, which is 20.1% of the 14.4 million hectares planned for the current season, the data on which were adjusted upward by 7.1% the day before (from 13.44 million hectares previously announced), the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food said on Friday.
According to data published on its website, over the past week from April 15 to April 21, the area under crops increased by 56%, from 1.94 million hectares to 3.02 million hectares.
It is clarified that by now the total area sown with spring barley is 802.2 thousand hectares (+59 thousand hectares per week), sunflower – 896 thousand hectares (+462.3 thousand hectares), spring wheat – 164.4 thousand hectares (+18 thousand hectares), peas – 107.2 thousand hectares (+6.7 thousand hectares), oats – 127 thousand hectares (+15.4 thousand hectares).
In addition, the sown area under potatoes is 366.2 thousand hectares (+236.9 thousand hectares), sugar beet – 155.6 thousand hectares (+45.3 thousand hectares), soybeans – 62 thousand hectares ( +41.1 thousand hectares), spring rapeseed – 16.4 thousand hectares (+4.8 thousand hectares), millet – 4.8 thousand hectares (+2 thousand hectares), buckwheat – 1 thousand hectares (+0.4 thousand ha).
According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Vinnitsa, Volyn, Transcarpathian, Kirovograd, Odessa, Poltava, Rivne, Ternopil and Khmelnytsky regions have completely completed the sowing of spring crops of the early group: wheat, barley and oats. Almost 70% of the projected areas have already been sown with these crops.
Also in 2021, winter crops were sown for the 2022 harvest on a total area of 7.7 million hectares, including 6.5 million hectares of winter wheat, 1 million hectares of barley and 0.16 million hectares of rye.
At the moment, agricultural enterprises have completed the first feeding of winter crops with nitrogen mineral fertilizers.
As reported, due to the military aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine this season, a reduction in the acreage of high-margin crops (sunflower and corn) is expected while increasing the acreage of crops that are easier to produce, but important in terms of food security – peas, barley and oats.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said on April 20 that Ukraine will sow approximately 14.2 million hectares of agricultural land this season, which is 80% of last year’s figure of 16.9 million hectares.
Earlier, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy estimated the sown area under spring crops in 2022 at 13.44 million hectares compared to 16.92 million hectares in 2021.
Rostislav Shurma, Deputy Head of the President’s Office, called Ukraine’s goal in 2022 to harvest at least 70% of last year’s volumes.
Ukraine continues to harvest grain and leguminous crops, as of September 9, the total harvest of grain and leguminous crops amounted to 45 million tonnes from a total area of 10.3 million hectares, farmers have also begun harvesting sunflower, sugar beet and soybeans, the Ministry of Agrarian policy and Food said on its website on Friday.
According to the ministry, 32.9 million tonnes of wheat were threshed, 10.94 million tonnes of barley, 2.8 million tonnes of rapeseed, and 0.57 million tonnes of peas. The highest average yield of wheat and rape is in Khmelnytsky (6.52 tonnes per ha and 3.5 tonnes per ha, respectively), barley – in Kyiv region (5.72 tonnes per ha), peas – in Volyn region (4 tonnes per ha).
The leaders in the threshing of grain and leguminous crops were Odesa region with an indicator of more than 4.12 million tonnes, as well as Kharkiv (3.55 million tonnes), Dnipropetrovsk (3.38 million tonnes), Mykolaiv (3.25 million tonnes), Zaporizhia (3.23 million tonnes), and Kherson (3.11 million) regions.
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy also announced the completion of the harvesting of rapeseed: in total, 2.8 million tonnes of seeds were harvested from an area of 1 million hectares. Its average yield was 2.79 tonnes per ha.
Farmers from 13 regions harvested 715,400 tonnes of sunflower from 344,000 hectares (5% of the planned area) with an average yield of 2.08 tonnes per ha.
Agrarians from 15 regions threshed 34,300 tonnes of buckwheat from 27,940 hectares (one third of the planned area), and agricultural producers from 11 regions harvested 88,680 tonnes of millet from 39,840 hectares (51%).
According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, sugar beet harvesting has started in Vinnytsia, Rivne and Cherkasy regions. A total of 148,000 tonnes were harvested from 3,300 hectares (1% of the planned area).
