Ukrainian farmers continue to harvest sunflower.
As of October 10, 4457.9 thousand ha had been threshed or 75% of the plan (5916.2 thousand ha), down by 1.7% YoY (4537 thousand ha). 9718.5 KMT had been obtained with the average productivity of 2.18 MT/ha. Last year on the same date 9624 KMT had been gathered with average productivity of 2.12 MT/ha.
Soybeans had been gathered from 1220.4 thousand ha, which was 66% from the forecasted 1837 thousand ha. 2637.5 KMT obtained with average productivity of 2.16 MT/ha, in line with record productivity of 2014/2015 (2.16 MT/ha). Last year on the same date soybean had been gathered from 1594 thousand ha, 2751 KMT obtained with productivity of 1.73 MT/ha. (UkrAgroConsult/Business World Magazine)