As of September 29, Ukrainian farmers had harvested 34.3 million metric tons of grain and legumes from 7.1 million hectares, or 61% of the projected area, according to the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
The average yield for grains and legumes is 48.2 centners per hectare.
The harvest of wheat, barley, and peas has already been completed. A total of 26 million metric tons of wheat were harvested from 5.11 million hectares at an average yield of 50.8 centners per hectare; barley—6.6 million metric tons from 1.48 million hectares (44.6 tsentner per hectare), and peas—812,300 metric tons from 301,900 hectares (26.9 tsentner per hectare).
Corn harvests totaled 789,000 metric tons from 153,300 hectares at a yield of 51.5 centners per hectare; millet—75,400 metric tons from 32,800 hectares (23 centners per hectare); and buckwheat—44,700 metric tons from 34,700 hectares (13 centners per hectare).
The largest volumes of grains and legumes were harvested by farmers in the Odesa region—5.6 million metric tons, the Dnipropetrovsk region—2.76 million metric tons, and the Mykolaiv region—2.65 million metric tons.
At the same time, farmers harvested over 8.4 million metric tons of oilseeds. In particular, the rapeseed harvest is complete—3.87 million metric tons were harvested from 1.33 million hectares at a yield of 29.1 centners per hectare. Sunflower seeds yielded 3.36 million metric tons from 1.66 million hectares (20.3 centners per hectare), and soybeans yielded 1.22 million metric tons from 571,400 hectares (21.3 centners per hectare).
The sugar beet harvest is ongoing: 296,500 metric tons have been harvested from 5,800 hectares at an average yield of 511.2 centners per hectare.
Ukraine’s oilseed crop is expected to total about 20 million metric tons, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky said at a briefing on Friday.
“Preliminary estimates indicate a sunflower harvest of about 12 million metric tons. We have harvested 4 million metric tons of rapeseed. We expect the soybean harvest to be about 4 million metric tons as well,” Vysotsky said.
He also noted that once the sunflower harvest is complete, there may be adjustments in the range of 1–1.5 million metric tons. According to him, this is because sunflowers are grown by small-scale farmers who are not required to submit statistics and, consequently, do not do so.
Kernel, one of Ukraine’s largest agricultural holdings, processed 995,000 tons of oilseeds in the second quarter of fiscal year 2026 (FY, October-December 2025), which is 2% more than in the same period last year and 78% more than in the previous quarter, the agricultural holding reported in its quarterly report.
It specified that sunflower seeds accounted for 85% of the total volume, with the remainder being soybeans, which were processed to partially offset the impact of limited availability of sunflower seeds on the domestic market.
According to the agricultural holding, oilseed processing volumes in July-December 2025 decreased by 6% compared to the same period last year, to 1.6 million tons, which is a result of a decrease in processing volumes under tolling agreements compared to the corresponding figure a year ago.
Sales of Kernel edible oil in the second quarter of 2026 amounted to 411 thousand tons, which is at the level of the same period last year, but the total figure for the first half of the year exceeded the result for the same period a year ago by 30% due to higher oilseed processing volumes. Bottled sunflower oil accounted for 17 thousand tons of total sales.
Silos received 2.3 million tons in the second quarter of 2026 FY, reaching 3.5 million tons in the first six months of 2026 FY.
“The 35% increase on an annualized basis was supported by higher overall grain availability due to increased corn yields in the group’s own agricultural segment, as well as increased grain consumption from third-party suppliers,” the agricultural holding explained.
Kernel’s grain exports reached 1.5 million tons in the second quarter of FY 2026, up 21% from the previous quarter. On an annualized basis, volumes increased by 10%, mainly reflecting the low comparative base of the previous year. The agricultural holding added that overall export rates remained limited due to delays in the harvesting campaign and continued slow sales to farmers.
The throughput capacity of Kernel’s export terminal in the second quarter of 2026 FY was 2.5 million tons, up 35% compared to the previous quarter. Grain crops accounted for 71% of total shipments, edible oils for 16%, and vegetable meal for the rest.
“At the same time, over the six months, the throughput capacity of the terminals decreased by 11% compared to the same period last year amid intensified Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea and the Danube in the Odesa region, which led to prolonged disturbances and disruptions in the operation of the group’s terminals,” the agricultural holding stated.
Kernel recalled that in October-December 2025, Russian drones twice damaged the group’s port infrastructure in the Odesa region, including vegetable oil storage tanks and a number of production facilities. Preliminary estimates indicate a loss of approximately 500 tons of sunflower oil.
Before the war, Kernel was the world’s leading producer of sunflower oil (about 7% of global production) and its exporter (about 12%). It is one of the largest producers and sellers of bottled oil in Ukraine. It is also involved in the cultivation and sale of agricultural products.
