As of August 15, early grains and pulses were harvested from 9590 thousand ha (99% of the intended area) compared with 10105 thousand ha on August 14, 2015. Farmers obtained 37.756 MMT with average yields at 3.94 MT/ha (36.501 MMT with average productivity at 3.61 MT/ha).
Wheat was harvested from 6160 thousand ha – 99% of the plan (6782 thousand ha in 2015), 26.369 MMT were obtained with average yield at 4.28 MT/ha (3.94 MT/ha last year).
Barley was harvested from 2865 thousand ha (99.6%) compared with 2796 thousand ha in 2015. Barley production reached 9768 KMT with average yields at 3.41 MT/ha (8498 KMT with 3.04 MT/ha in 2015).
763 KMT of peas were harvested from 236 thousand ha (99.8% of the intended area) with average yield at 3.23 MT/ha. As of August 14, 2015 nearly 392 KMT of peas were gathered from 169 thousand ha with average yields of 2.33 MT/ha.
By the reporting date 138 thousand ha of rye has been threshed (97% of the plan) and 373 KMT obtained with average yield of 2.69 MT/ha (2.53 MT/ha in 2015).
Oats have been threshed from 188 thousand ha (90%), 481 KMT harvested with average yield of 2.56 MT/ha (2.37 MT/ha in 2015). (UkrAgroConsult/Business World Magazine)
