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Ukraine threshed 5.9 mln tons of grain of harvest-2023

21 July , 2023  

Agrarians of all regions have harvested early grain and leguminous crops on the area of 1495 thousand hectares and threshed 5 million 882 thousand tons of grain at a yield of 39.4 c/ha, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported.

According to the report, the leaders in terms of threshing are the agrarians of Odessa and Mykolayiv regions, who threshed 1297 thousand tons and 344.8 thousand tons of grain respectively.

In total, Ukraine has harvested barley on 577.2 thousand hectares, which is 40% of the planned, from which 2.253 million tons have been threshed at a yield of 39.0 c/ha.

Wheat was harvested from 831 thousand hectares (18%). At a yield of 41.2 c/ha it was threshed 3420.2 thousand tons.

Peas were harvested from 85 thousand hectares (59%). At a yield of 24.6 c/ha it was threshed 208.9 thousand tons. Agrarians of Ternopil and Vinnitsa regions have completed pea harvesting.

In addition, agrarians of 12 regions have started harvesting winter rape: 1390.1 thousand tons of seeds with a yield of 24.7 c/ha on the area of 563.5 thousand hectares (41%).

As reported, winter wheat sowing this season amounted to 4166 thousand hectares (-834 thousand hectares to the previous season), winter barley – 536 thousand hectares (-255 thousand hectares), rape – 1374 thousand hectares (+110 thousand hectares).

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