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14.09.2009
Ukraine planning to harvest around 10mn tons of maize
Ukraine could gather about 10 million tons of maize this year, UKRINFORM reports quoting Agrarian Policy Minister Yuriy Melnyk.
According to the Agrarian Policy Ministry, as of September 4, the Ukrainian farm enterprises threshed 3,700 ha of maize for grain having harvested 20,300 tons of this crop with average yield capacity of 54.5 centner/ha.
The minister did not rule out that maize's yield capacity will be higher during the harvesting campaign.
He also reported that farmers started harvesting groats crops.
Ukraine gathered 11,400 million tons of maize in 2008.
UKRINFORM
