Ukraine as of October 24 had threshed 62 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops from 13.5 million hectares (ha) with the average yield being 4.5 tonnes/ha, according to the information and analytical portal of the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine.
According to the report, farmers harvested 21.9 million tonnes of corn from an area of 3.2 million ha (66% of the forecast), 152,000 tonnes of millet from 81,000 ha (90%), 86,000 tonnes of buckwheat from 65,000 ha (95%). Early grain and leguminous crops were collected in the amount of 39.2 million tonnes from an area of 9.96 million ha.
In addition, 13.5 million tonnes of sunflower seeds were harvested from 5.6 million ha (95%), soybeans in the amount of 3.4 million tonnes from 1.5 million ha (94%), and 6.5 million tonnes of sugar beets from an area of 149,000 ha (68%).
As of October 24, Ukrainian farmers had sowed winter crops for the harvest of 2020 on an area of 6.6 million ha, or 91% of the forecast, of which winter wheat amounted to 5.7 million ha (91%), rye to 117,000 ha (96%), and winter barley to 834,000 ha (91%).
In addition, winter rapeseeds were sown on an area of 1.1 million ha.
Ukraine as of October 18 had threshed 57.5 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops from an area of 12.9 million hectares (84% of the forecast) with the average yield being 4.46 tonnes per hectare (ha), the Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food has reported.
According to the ministry, farmers harvested 17.7 million tonnes of corn from 2.7 million ha (54%), 150,000 tonnes of millet from 80,000 ha (89%), 85,000 tonnes of buckwheat from 64,000 ha (94%). The harvest of early grain and leguminous crops was 39.2 million tonnes from 9.96 million ha.
In addition, farms threshed 13.1 million tonnes of sunflower from 5.8 million ha (93%), 3.2 million tonnes of soybeans from 1,400 ha (88%), 5.6 million tonnes of sugar beets from 129,000 ha (58%).
As of October 18, Ukrainian farmers had sowed winter crops on 6.2 million ha, or 86% of the forecast, including 5.4 million ha with wheat (86%), 112,000 ha with rye (92%), and 738,000 ha with winter barley (80%).
In addition, winter rapeseeds were planted on an area of 1.1 million ha, or 99% of the forecast.
Ukraine as of November 13 had threshed 65.1 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops from the area of 14.1 million hectares (95% of the forecast) with the yield being 46.1 centners per ha. According to the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, farmers harvested 34.3 million tonnes of early grain and leguminous crops from 9.9 million hectares with a yield of 34.8 centners per ha, 30 million tonnes of corn from 4 million hectares (87%) with a yield of 75.4 centners/ha, 135,000 tonnes of buckwheat from 107,000 hectares (99%) with a yield of 12.6 centners/ha, 78,000 tonnes of millet from 51,000 hectares (98%) with the yield being 15.4 centners/ha.
In addition, 13.7 million tonnes of sunflower were harvested from 6 million hectares (99%) with a yield of 22.7 centners per ha, 4.3 million tonnes of soybeans from 1.7 million hectares (98%) with a yield of 25.7 centners/ha, and 2.7 million tonnes of rapeseeds from one million hectares with a yield of 26.1 centners/ha.
Sugar beets were threshed in the amount of 12.6 million tonnes from an area of 256,000 hectares (92%) with the yield standing at 492 centners/ha.
Along with harvesting, the autumn sowing campaign is underway. Thus, the farmers have sowed 7.1 million hectares with winter grains with the projected area being 7.2 million hectares, as well as one million hectares of winter rapeseeds (116% of the projected area).
Ukraine as of September 18 threshed 36.8 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops from an area of 10.4 million hectares (70% of the forecast) with the yield of 3.52 tonnes per ha, Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food has said on its website. The harvest of early grains and leguminous crops amounted to 34.3 million tonnes from an area of 9.9 million hectares with a yield of 3.48 tonnes per hectare.
Some 2.2 million tonnes of maize was threshed from 402,000 hectares (9%) with the yield of 5.49 tonnes per hectare, some 84,000 tonnes of buckwheat was harvested from 66,000 hectares (61%) with a yield of 1.28 tonnes per hectare, and the total harvest of millet was 56,000 tonnes gathered from 36,000 hectares (68%) with a yield of 1.57 tonnes per hectare.
In addition, 4.7 million tonnes of sunflower seeds were harvested from 2.2 million hectares with a yield of 2.13 tonnes per hectare and 837,000 tonnes of soybean from 346,000 hectares with a yield of 2.42 tonnes per hectare.
Some 2.7 million tonnes of rapeseeds were threshed from 1 million hectares with a yield of 2.61 tonnes per hectare.
A total of 947,000 tonnes of sugar beets were dug from 20,000 ha (7%) with a yield of 46.7 tonners per ha.
Along with the harvesting the autumn sowing campaign is under way. So, the farmers sowed 1.1 million hectares with winter grain crops (16%), with a projected area of 7.2 million hectares. In addition, winter rapeseed was sown on 882,000 hectares (99%) with a projected area of 888,000 hectares.
Ukraine as of August 31, 2018 threshed 34.5 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops from 10 million ha (67% of the target) with the yield of 34.6 centners per ha.
According to a report of the Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry last week, early grain and leguminous crops harvest was 34.3 million from 9.9 million ha with the yield of 34.8 centners per ha.
Some 26,000 tonnes of buckwheat was threshed from 20,000 ha (18% of the target) with the yield of 13.2 centners per ha, 29,000 tonnes of oats from 19,000 ha (37%) with the yield of 15.1 centners per ha.
In addition, some 489,000 tonnes of sunflower was harvested from 267,000 ha (4%) with the yield of 18.3 centners per ha and 75,000 tonnes of soybeans from 28,000 ha (2%) with the yield of 26.9 centners per ha.
Rapeseeds were harvested from 1 million ha (99%) with the yield of 26.1 centners per ha. Some 2.7 million tonnes were threshed.
Winter rapeseeds are being sowed now. Some 685,000 ha had been sowed out of the 888,000 ha target (77%).
Grain Alliance (LLC Baryshivska Grain Company), a large agricultural producer in Ukraine, has completed the harvesting of early grain and legumes, having threshed 43,800 tonnes of grain from 7,800 hectares.
The average yield of wheat is 5.77 tonnes per hectare; second- and third-grade wheat accounts for 84.5% of the harvest, the company said on its website.
The company is now preparing for gathering late crops.
Grain Alliance was co-founded by Harvest Moon East LLC (Baryshivka, Kyiv region) and BZK Grain Alliance (Sweden) in 2009.
Grain Alliance tills about 50,000 hectares of agricultural land in Ukraine’s Kyiv, Cherkasy, Poltava, Khmelnytsky and Chernihiv regions.
The company owns five grain storage facilities in Kyiv and Poltava regions, a seed processing plant with a capacity of 30,000 tonnes per year.
