As of September 29, Ukrainian farmers had harvested 34.3 million metric tons of grain and legumes from 7.1 million hectares, or 61% of the projected area, according to the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
The average yield for grains and legumes is 48.2 centners per hectare.
The harvest of wheat, barley, and peas has already been completed. A total of 26 million metric tons of wheat were harvested from 5.11 million hectares at an average yield of 50.8 centners per hectare; barley—6.6 million metric tons from 1.48 million hectares (44.6 tsentner per hectare), and peas—812,300 metric tons from 301,900 hectares (26.9 tsentner per hectare).
Corn harvests totaled 789,000 metric tons from 153,300 hectares at a yield of 51.5 centners per hectare; millet—75,400 metric tons from 32,800 hectares (23 centners per hectare); and buckwheat—44,700 metric tons from 34,700 hectares (13 centners per hectare).
The largest volumes of grains and legumes were harvested by farmers in the Odesa region—5.6 million metric tons, the Dnipropetrovsk region—2.76 million metric tons, and the Mykolaiv region—2.65 million metric tons.
At the same time, farmers harvested over 8.4 million metric tons of oilseeds. In particular, the rapeseed harvest is complete—3.87 million metric tons were harvested from 1.33 million hectares at a yield of 29.1 centners per hectare. Sunflower seeds yielded 3.36 million metric tons from 1.66 million hectares (20.3 centners per hectare), and soybeans yielded 1.22 million metric tons from 571,400 hectares (21.3 centners per hectare).
The sugar beet harvest is ongoing: 296,500 metric tons have been harvested from 5,800 hectares at an average yield of 511.2 centners per hectare.
