Agrarians of all regions of Ukraine harvested 75.7 mln tons of grains and oilseeds – 55.53 mln tons and 20.703 mln tons respectively.
As reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, grain and legumes were harvested on the area of 10237 thou hectares with the yield of 53.8 c/ha.
It is also specified that by now, Ukraine has completed harvesting and threshing of barley from 1505 thousand hectares (101% of the plan), which yielded 5.909 million tons; wheat – 22.478 million tons from 4695 thousand hectares (101%); peas – 399.5 thousand tons from 154.4 thousand hectares (103%), as well as rapeseed – 4.005 million tons of seeds from 1396 thousand hectares (98%).
The harvest of millet is nearing completion, with 180 thou tons harvested from 79.5 thou hectares (95%), and buckwheat – 207.4 thou tons from 139.7 thou hectares (99%). At the same time, corn was harvested in the amount of 24.878 mln tons from 3325 thou hectares (82%).
In addition, other grains and pulses were harvested in the amount of 1002 thou tons from 339.9 thou hectares.
Ukraine continues harvesting oilseeds, which have been harvested from a total area of 8205.8 thou hectares. In particular, sunflower was harvested in the amount of 11.929 mln tonnes (11.586 mln tonnes a week earlier) from the area of 5,009.4 mln hectares (99%), soybeans – 4.769 mln tonnes (4.750 mln tonnes) from 1,800 mln hectares (99%).
Sugar beet was harvested from 236.3 thou hectares (227.1 thou hectares a week earlier), which is 95% of the planned area. The harvest amounted to 11.83 million tons.
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy also monitors information on crop yields, which amounted to 47.9 c/ha for wheat, 39.3 c/ha for barley, 25.9 c/ha for peas, 22.6 c/ha for millet, and 14.8 c/ha for buckwheat. The yield of corn is 74.8 c/ha, rapeseed – 28.7 c/ha, soybeans – 26.5 c/ha, sunflower – 23.8 c/ha. The yield of sugar beet is 469.1 c/ha.
According to the Ministry, farmers in Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and Mykolaiv regions have completed harvesting all crops.
As reported, this season’s winter wheat plantings amounted to 4166 thousand hectares (-834 thousand hectares compared to the previous season), winter barley – 536 thousand hectares (-255 thousand hectares), and rapeseed – 1374 thousand hectares (+110 thousand hectares).
According to the adjusted forecast of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, in 2023, farmers will be able to harvest 79.1 mln tons of grains and oilseeds, including the following volumes: wheat – 21.7 mln tons, barley – 5.7 mln tons and corn – 28.5 mln tons. Gross production of oilseeds will reach 21.6 million tons, including 13 million tons of sunflower, 4 million tons of rapeseed, and 4.6 million tons of soybeans. The sugar beet harvest is forecast at 13.7 million tons.
