As of the end of the first week of December, agrarians in all regions of Ukraine harvested 78 mln tonnes of grains and oilseeds: 57.7 mln tonnes and 20.72 mln tonnes respectively.
As reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, grain and legumes were harvested on the area of 10 mln 433 thsd ha with the yield of 54.7 c/ha.
Compared to the same date a year ago, the total harvest is 12.4% higher, or 8.6 million tons, including 32.3% higher, or 14.1 million tons, of grains and 22.5% higher, or 3.8 million tons, of oilseeds. At the same time, it should be borne in mind that this year corn has been harvested from almost 85% of the area, while a year ago – only 66%.
It is noted that ten regions of Ukraine have already completed the harvest. In other regions, the harvesting of corn, sunflower and sugar beets is nearing completion. The leaders in grain harvesting are the farmers of Vinnytsia region, who have harvested more than 5 million tons of grain. This is followed by Poltava and Cherkasy regions, which harvested over 4 million tons of grain each.
In addition, 11.57 million tons of sugar beet were harvested from 244.6 thousand hectares with a yield of 473 c/ha. Although this year’s yield, unlike grain and oilseeds, is lower than last year, due to the expansion of the area by 39.5%, the harvest is 33.7% higher than last year.
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 79.1 mln tons of grains and oilseeds, including 57.5 mln tons of grains and 21.6 mln tons of oilseeds.
