Agrarians in all regions of Ukraine have harvested over 33.7 million tons of new crops, including 29.309 million tons of grains and 4.353 million tons of oilseeds, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reports.
According to the report, grain and leguminous crops were harvested on an area of 6697 thousand hectares with a yield of 43.9 c/ha.
To date, Ukraine has harvested barley on 1504 thousand hectares, from which 5.822 million tons (101% of the plan) were harvested; wheat from 4689 thousand hectares was harvested 22.149 million tons (101%); peas from 154.4 thousand hectares yielded 386.5 thousand tons (103%); millet from 33 thousand hectares – 79.4 thousand tons (40%); buckwheat from 45 thousand hectares – 63.3 thousand tons (31%).
In addition, other grains and pulses were harvested in the amount of 807.2 thou tons from 271 thou hectares.
Farmers are finishing harvesting rapeseed. It has been harvested from an area of 1395 thou hectares (98% of the planned area), with a total of 3999.5 thou tons harvested.
Ukraine has started harvesting oilseeds, including 107.4 thou tons of sunflower (49.4 thou tons a week earlier, which is 2% of the plan) from an area of 107.4 thou hectares, and 154.1 thou tons of soybeans (30.6 thou tons) from 60 thou hectares (3%).
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy is monitoring the relevant information in connection with the revision of the harvest forecast for all crops. Thus, the yield of wheat and peas remained at the level of the previous week – 47.2 c/ha and 25 c/ha, respectively, barley yield was 38.7 c/ha against 38.8 c/ha a week earlier, millet yield was 23.8 c/ha (20.4 c/ha), buckwheat yield was 14.2 c/ha (14 c/ha). At the same time, the yield of rapeseed was 28.7 c/ha, sunflower – 18.6 c/ha, soybeans – 25.7 c/ha).
Sugar beet was harvested from an area of 2.6 thou hectares (1%). With a yield of 449.6 c/ha, the company produced 116 thsd tonnes of sugar beet.
Corn harvesting started in Dnipropetrovs’k region. From 0.7 thou hectares, 2 thou tons were harvested at a yield of 30 cwt/ha.
Agrarians in 18 regions have finished harvesting rapeseed.
As reported, this season winter wheat plantings amounted to 4166 thou hectares (-834 thou hectares compared to the previous season), winter barley – 536 thou hectares (-255 thou hectares), and rapeseed – 1374 thou hectares (+110 thou hectares).
According to the adjusted forecast of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, in 2023, farmers will be able to harvest the following volumes of grain: wheat – 20.9 mln tonnes, barley – 5.8 mln tonnes and corn – 28.1 mln tonnes. Gross production of oilseeds will reach 20.3 million tons, including 12 million tons of sunflower, 4 million tons of rapeseed, and 4.2 million tons of soybeans. The sugar beet harvest is forecast at 13.7 million tons.
