As of September 12, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 39.03 million tons of grains throughout the areas of 10.01 million ha, or 70% of the plan. The average yield totaled 3.9 ton/ha, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported. At the same time, on the same date last year the production volumes reached 38.1 million tons.
In particular, agrarians started harvesting corn. As of the reporting date, Ukraine harvested 478 thousand tons of corn throughout 113 thousand ha (3%). The average yield reached 4.22 ton/ha.
Also, Ukraine harvested 133 thousand tons of buckwheat throughout 104 thousand ha (69%). The average yield totaled 1.29 ton/ha. Agrarians harvested millet throughout 85 thousand ha (83%). The production volumes totaled 155 thousand tons, with the yield of 1.83 ton/ha.
Agricultural enterprises of Ukraine harvested 2.39 million tons of sunflower seed throughout 1.192 million ha (20%), with the average yield of 2.01 ton/ha.
Ukraine continued harvesting soybeans. Agrarians harvested 557 thousand tons of soybeans throughout the areas of 270 thousand ha (15%), with the average yield of 2.06 ton/ha. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)