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02.09.2010
Ukraine harvests 29.5 million tons of grain as of August 31
Ukrainian farmers as of August 31 harvested 29.5 million tons of grain and leguminous crops on an area of 11.9 million hectares (81% of the forecast), with an average yield being 24.7 quintals per hectare, the Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry has reported.
A total of 108,000 tons of buckwheat was threshed from an area of 126,000 hectares (59%), with an average yield being 8.6 quintals per hectare. Farmers also harvested 108,000 tons of millet on an area of 71,000 hectares (81%), with an average yield being 15.3 quintals per hectare, and 395,000 tons of corn from an area of 99,000 hectares (4%), with an average yield being 39.8 quintals per hectare.
In addition, Ukraine threshed 191,000 tons of sunflower seeds from an area of 127,000 hectares (3%), with an average yield being 15.1 quintals per hectare.
Farmers have begun harvesting sugar beets. A total of 170,000 tons of sugar beets were harvested on an area of 6,000 hectares (1%), with an average yield being 300 centners per hectare.
Ukraine also harvested 57,000 tons of soybeans from an area of 40,000 hectares (4%), with an average yield being 14.4 quintals per hectare.
ukrinform
