News
10.08.2011
Ukraine started the harvesting campaign of late grains
Ukraine completed the harvesting campaign of early grains. As of August 8, agrarians harvested early grains throughout 94% of the planned areas, and began harvesting late grains, reported the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
According to the announcement, Ukrainian agrarians already harvested early grains and leguminous plants throughout the areas of 10.6 mln ha, and produced 32.2 mln tonnes of grains. The average yield of these crops in the country totaled 30.4 c/ha against 24.7 c/ha last year.
In particular, as of August 8, agricultural enterprises harvested 21.8 mln tonnes of wheat throughout 6.4 mln ha (95% of the forecast). The average yield of the grain - 34.2 c/ha against 28.3 c/ha last year.
Barley production volumes totaled 9.1 mln tonnes throughout 3.6 mln ha (96% of the forecast). The average yield of barley totaled 25.5 c/ha as opposed to 21.1 c/ha last year.
Besides, Ukraine harvested 1.3 mln tonnes of rapeseed throughout 0.77 mln ha (90% of the forecast). The average yield totaled 17.3 c/ha against 16.9 c/ha.
Rye production volumes totaled 0.6 mln tonnes throughout the areas of 0.25 mln ha (87% of the forecast).
Agrarians harvested buckwheat throughout the areas of 2.7 thsd ha, and produced 3.1 thsd tonnes with the average yield of 11.2 c/ha.
As a reminder, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food forecasted the growth of grain production in the current year to the level of 47.4 mln tonnes against 39.3 mln tonnes in 2010.
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