Ukrainian farmers harvest grain and leguminous crops from 91% of area

"As of August 5, farmers in all regions harvested 35 million tonnes of grain crops of the new harvest from an area of 9.1 million hectares, or 91% of the target," the report reads.

In particular, Ukrainian farmers threshed 25.8 million tonnes of wheat from an area of 6.3 million hectares (93%); 8.1 million tonnes of barley from 2.4 million hectares (92%); 593,000 tonnes of peas from 259,000 hectares (99%); 233,000 tonnes of rye from 86,000 hectares (73%); and 175,000 tonnes of oats from 71,000 hectares (39%).

Also, 3.0 million tonnes of winter rape were gathered from an area of 1.2 million hectares (98%), with a yield of 24.6 centners per hectare.

As Ukrinform reported, as of August 2, 2019, Ukrainian farmers harvested 33.8 million tonnes of grain crops of the new harvest from an area of 8.9 million hectares, or 89% of the target.

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