Farmers dug 10.6 million tonnes of sugar beet in Ukraine in 2021, which is 2.3 million tonnes (28.7%) more than in 2020 (8.2 million tonnes), according to the Ukrtsukor association.
The average sugar beet yield in Ukraine was 46.9 tonnes per ha, which is 6 tonnes per ha more than in 2020 (40.9 tonnes per ha).
The highest yield is in Lviv region – 55.6 tonnes per ha. The following regions are leading in gross production: Vinnytsia region with 2.4 million tonnes, Khmelnytsky region with 1.5 million tonnes and Poltava region with 1.07 million tonnes.
