Ukrainian farmers are completing sunseed harvesting.
As of November 8, they gathered sunseed from 5716 thousand ha or 97% of the intended area (5916.2 thousand ha), up by 14.5% YoY (4992 thousand ha). Farmers obtained 12752 KMT of sunseed with the average yield of 2.23 MT/ha, which is all-time high for Ukraine. In 2015 farmers gathered 10862 KMT of sunseed with the average yield of 2.18 MT/ha.
Soybean has been gathered from 1696 thousand ha, which is 92% of the intended 1837.1 thousand ha. Farmers harvested 3830 KMT of soybean with the average yield of 2.26 MT/ha. In 2015 farmers gathered 3641 KMT of soybean with the average yield of 1.76 MT/ha. (UkrAgroConsult/Business World Magazine)