Ukrainian farmers already gathered 36M tonnes of grain - Economy Ministry
The Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture reported this with a reference to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
"As of September 17, Ukrainian farmers harvested 43.2 million tonnes of main crops from an area of 13.6 million hectares, including almost 36 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops from an area of 9.8 million hectares (64%),” reads the report.
In particular, Ukrainian farmers threshed 25.1 million tonnes of wheat from an area of 6.6 million hectares; 7.8 million tonnes of barley from 2.4 million hectares; 516.2 thousand tonnes of peas from 238 thousand hectares; 2.56 million tonnes of rapeseed from 1.1 million hectares; 155 thousand tonnes of millet from 87.3 thousand hectares (58% of the projected area); 61.6 thousand tonnes of buckwheat from 42.8 thousand hectares (55%); 4.07 million tonnes of sunflower from 2.3 million hectares (36%); 596.5 thousand tonnes of soybeans from 290.2 thousand hectares (22%); and 668 thousand tonnes of corn from 137.2 thousand hectares (3%).
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