As of October 25, farmers in all regions of Ukraine have harvested 66.7 million tons of new crops from 18.6 million hectares, compared to 63.7 million tons and 18.1 million hectares a week earlier.
As reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food on Friday, 47.2 million tons (45.1 million tons) of grains and legumes, 18.8 million tons (18.6 million tons) of oilseeds and 9.5 million tons (8.3 million tons) of sugar beets have already been harvested.
The Ministry specified that the harvest of wheat has been completed, with 22.3 million tons harvested from 4.9 million hectares at a yield of 42.4 c/ha, barley – 5.5 million tons from 1.4 million hectares at a yield of 39.2 c/ha, peas – 465.3 million tons from 212.2 thousand hectares at a yield of 21.9 c/ha, and rapeseed – 3.5 million tons from 1.3 million hectares at a yield of 27.3 c/ha.
Corn harvesting continues, with 18.3 million tons (15.4 million tons a week earlier) from 3.07 million hectares (76% of the plan), buckwheat – 126.9 thousand tons (124.8 thousand tons) from 87.5 thousand hectares (98%), millet – 160.2 thousand tons (159.5 thousand tons) from 85.9 thousand hectares (92%).
The oilseeds harvest is nearing completion in Ukraine. In particular, 5.73 mln tonnes of soybeans have been harvested (5.6 mln tonnes a week earlier) from 2.52 mln ha (95%), and 9.599 mln tonnes of sunflower (9.5 mln tonnes) from 4.67 mln ha (95%).
At the same time, the leaders in grain harvesting are farmers in Odesa region who threshed 4.4 mln ha, Poltava region – 4 mln tons, Chernihiv region – 3.7 mln tons. In terms of yields, the leaders are farmers of Khmelnytsky region with 72.3 c/ha, Chernihiv region – 67 c/ha and Chernivtsi region – 65.6 c/ha.
