As of September 12, farmers harvested 29.15 million tons of early grains and legumes from 7.01 million hectares, which is 62% of the area sown with these crops, the Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture reported on Friday.
Last year, as of September 13, 30.09 million tons of grain were harvested from 7.19 million hectares, meaning that this year’s figures are 3.1% and 2.5% lower, respectively.
According to the Ministry of Economy, 22.19 million tons of wheat were harvested from 5.01 million hectares (last year – 21.86 million tons from 4.9 million hectares), 5.29 million tons of barley from 1.34 million hectares (5.48 million tons from 1.4 million hectares), corn – 192.2 thousand tons from 54.1 thousand hectares (1.10 million tons from 255.3 thousand hectares).
At the same time, this year’s pea harvest has already reached 611,600 tons from 265,700 hectares, compared to 461,600 tons from 212,200 hectares, buckwheat – 34,300 tons compared to 88,200 tons, millet – 30,500 tons compared to 110,400 tons.
The harvest of other cereals and legumes this year reached 801,100 hectares, compared to 980,000 tons on the same date last year.
It is noted that among the leaders are, in particular, the Odesa region – 3.45 million tons harvested from an area of 1,090 thousand hectares, the Vinnytsia region – 2.40 million tons from 432.4 thousand hectares, the Kirovohrad region – 2.21 million tons from 535.5 thousand hectares, Khmelnytskyi region – 2.10 million tons from 299,800 hectares.
According to the ministry, as of September 12, the rapeseed harvest amounted to 3.25 million tons from an area of 1.27 million hectares (3.42 million tons from 1.3 million hectares), soybeans – 354,300 tons from 204,700 hectares (1.85 million tons from 909,500 hectares), sunflowers – 885,300 tons from 570,300 hectares (2.98 million tons from 1.5 million hectares).
In addition, 155.1 thousand tons of sugar beets have already been harvested on an area of 3.3 thousand hectares, while last year on this date – 741.5 thousand tons.
According to current data, the yields of wheat, barley, peas, and rapeseed are roughly the same as last year, while sunflower and soybean yields are still lower – 1.6 tons/ha vs. 2 tons/ha and 1.7 tons/ha vs. 2 tons/ha, respectively.
As reported, in its Inflation Report published at the end of July, the National Bank of Ukraine lowered its forecast for this year’s grain harvest from 61.7 million tons to 57.9 million tons, and for oilseeds from 22 million tons to 21 million tons.
The NBU recalled that last year, the grain harvest in Ukraine fell to 56.2 million tons from 59.8 million tons in 2023, while oilseeds fell from 21.7 million tons to 20 million tons.
According to forecasts by Deputy Minister of Economy Taras Vysotsky, this year’s grain harvest will be around 56 million tons, the same as last year.
