Agrarians in Zaporizhia region have collected the largest early grain harvest throughout the entire history of Ukraine’s independence, having threshed 3.21 million tons of grain.
“Harvesting of early cereals and legumes has been completed. In Zaporizhia region, we see the largest gross harvest in all years of Ukraine’s independence: 3.21 million tons of grain has been threshed. This year’s average yield stood at 31.8 hundredweights per hectare. For comparison, last year’s yield was 27.7 hundredweights per hectare,” the regional state administration press service reported.
The highest yields were sealed by companies in Polohy (683,700 tons with a yield of 36.2 hundredweights/ha) and Melitopol districts (552,900 tons with a yield of 31.6 hundredweights/ha). (Ukrinform/Business World Magazine)