KYIV. July 10 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine as of July 7 had threshed 2.1 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops from 683,000 hectares (7% of the target).
According to the press service of the Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry, average yield is 31 centners per ha.
Some 615,000 tonnes of winter wheat were threshed on 196,000 ha with the yield of 31.4 centners per ha.
Some 1.3 million tonnes of winter barley were threshed on 414,000 ha with the yield of 32.3 centners per ha and 400 tonnes of rye on 100 ha with the yield of 31.5 centners per ha.
Around 171,000 tonnes of peas were harvested from 73,000 ha with the yield of 23.3 centners per ha.
Some 83,000 tonnes of rapeseeds were harvested from 41,000 ha with the yield of 20.2 centners per ha.
The ministry said that 16 regions started harvesting grain.
As reported, grain harvest in Ukraine in 2016 totaled some 66 million tonnes, according to the State Statistics Service.
