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06.11.2012
Ukrainian farmers thresh over 41mln tons of grain
As of November 2, Ukraine has harvested over 41 million tons of grain. The farmers have almost finished sowing of winter crops - the total sown area is 8,000,000 hectares.
"Grains and legumes are collected on the area of 13.80 million hectares, accounting for 93% of the forecast. 41.60 million tons of grain have been threshed with yield capacity of 30.1 centner/hectare. Moreover, farmers have almost finished sowing of winter crops. Total sown area as of that date is 8,000,000 hectares, of which winter wheat was planted throughout 6.62 million hectares (100%), barley - 1.07 million hectares (89%), rye - 303,000 hectares (99%)," the report said.
Corn has been gathered from an area of 3.50 million hectares (79%). The output makes up 15,270,000 tons, yield capacity - 43.6 centner/hectare. The farmers harvested 7.90 million tons of sunflower seeds throughout 4.81 million hectares (99.6%), yield capacity - 16.4 centner/hectare.
Rice harvesting has been completed as well. Gross harvest of this crop is 171,600 tons with an average yield capacity of 66.8 centner/hectare. Agrarians also harvested 2.14 million tons of soybeans from an area of 1.30 million hectares (91%) with yield capacity of 16.4 centner/hectare.
14.41 million tons of sugar beet have been gathered at an area of 380,900 hectares (83%) with an average yield capacity of 379 center/hectare. 13,090,000 tons of roots have been sent for processing.
