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UKRAINE THRESHES 22 MLN TONNES OF GRAIN, YIELD IS 32.2 CENTNERS PER HA

1 August , 2018  

Ukraine as of July 30 had threshed 22.4 million tonnes of early grain and leguminous crops from 7 million hectares (70% of the forecast for these crops) with the yield being 32.2 centners per ha. According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, farmers harvested 17 million tonnes of winter wheat from 4.9 million hectares (76% of the forecast) with the yield of 34.8 centners/ha, 54,400 tonnes of spring wheat from 22,700 hectares (12%) with a yield of 23.9 centners/ha, 3 million tonnes of winter barley from 850,500 hectares (97%) with the yield being 34.9 centners per ha, 1.6 million tonnes of spring barley from 793,000 hectares (49%) with a yield of 20.8 centners/ha, and 590,500 tonnes of peas from 342,400 hectares (79%) with a yield of 17.2 centners/ha.
The country also harvested 86,000 tonnes of rye from 36,000 hectares (24%) with a yield of 22.4 centners/ha and 25,600 tonnes of oats from 14,300 hectares (7%) with a yield of 17.9 centners/ha. In addition, farmers threshed 2.4 million tonnes of winter rapeseeds from 930,000 hectares (95%) with a yield of 25.9 centners per ha and 21,000 tonnes of spring rapeseeds from 12,000 hectares (17%) with the yield standing at 17.3 centners/ha.

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