Ukraine exceeds last year’s rates of harvesting by one third - State Statistics Service
As of July 1, 2019, 5.33 million tonnes of grains and leguminous crops were gathered in Ukraine, which is by 42.9% more year-over-year. These crops were collected from an area of 1.58 million hectares, which is 28.9% more than as of July 1, 2018. The yield of harvested grains and leguminous crops at the beginning of July 2019 amounted to 33.7 centners per hectare, a 10.9% increase year-over-year.
In particular, as of July 1, 2019, Ukrainian farmers harvested 2.8 million tonnes of winter wheat (an increase of 43.1% year-over-year) from an area of 812.5 thousand hectares (an increase of 28.3%) at a yield of 34.4 centners per hectare (an increase of 11.3% ); 1.99 million tonnes of winter barley (an increase of 29.2% from 547 thousand hectares (an increase of 20.7%) at a yield of 36.3 centners per hectare (an increase of 7.1%); 261 thousand tonnes of peas (an increase of 150.9%) from an area of 118.7 thousand hectares (an increase of 43.6%) at a yield of 22.0 centners per hectare (an increase of 74.6%).
As reported, as of July 1, 2018, agrarians harvested 3.7 million tonnes of grains and leguminous crops in Ukraine (315% more compared with the same period in 2018) from an area of 1.2 million hectares (363% more) at a yield of 33.7 centners per hectare (10.3% less).
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