As of November 29, farmers in all regions of Ukraine harvested 73.6 million tons of new crops from 19.5 million hectares, up from 72.9 million tons and 19.5 million hectares a week earlier.
As reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food on Friday, 53.9 million tons (53.4 million tons) of grains and 19.7 million tons (19.5 million tons) of oilseeds have already been harvested.
The ministry said that wheat harvesting has been completed, with 22.4 million tons harvested from 4.9 million hectares at a yield of 45.3 c/ha, barley – 5.6 million tons from 1.4 million hectares at a yield of 39.3 c/ha, peas – 469 million tons from 212.3 thousand hectares at a yield of 22.1 c/ha, and rapeseed – 3.5 million tons from 1.2 million hectares at a yield of 27.8 c/ha.
Corn harvesting continues, with 24.2 million tons harvested from 3.8 million hectares (88% of the plan) at a yield of 64.3 c/ha, buckwheat – 131.7 thousand tons from 88.1 thousand hectares (99%) at a yield of 15 c/ha, millet – 161.3 thousand tons from 88.2 thousand hectares (97%) at a yield of 18.3 c/ha. Sunflower was harvested in the amount of 10.2 million tons from 4.9 million hectares (97%) at a yield of 21 c/ha, soybeans – 6 million tons from 2.6 million hectares (99%) at a yield of 23 c/ha.
Agrarians in 16 regions are harvesting sugar beets, they have been dug on an area of 253.4 thousand hectares (98%), 12.1 million tons of sweet roots have been dug at a yield of 477 c/ha.
At the same time, the leaders in grain harvesting are farmers in Odesa region who threshed 4.6 mln ha, Chernihiv region – 4.5 mln tons, and Poltava region – 4.2 mln tons.
In terms of yields, farmers in Khmelnytsky region are ahead with 77.4 c/ha, Chernihiv region – 70 c/ha, and Ternopil region – 68.7 c/ha.
At the same time, as of November 30 last year, 56.254 million tons of grains and pulses were harvested from 10.354 million hectares (95% of the forecast). The average yield as of that date was estimated at 54.3 c/ha.
