Harvesting has started in Ukraine

UkrAgroConsult

Farmers in Odesa and Mykolaiv regions have started harvesting winter barley. Harvesting has already been carried out on an area of 4.8 thou hectares with a yield of 26.5 c/ha. So far, the company has harvested 12.6 thou tons of the new crop.

The leaders in threshing are agricultural producers in Odesa region with 4 thou hectares. At the same time, Mykolaiv region farmers are ahead in terms of yields – 32.0 c/ha.

The sowing of spring crops in Ukraine has been completed. A total of 12.75 million hectares of grains, pulses and oilseeds, as well as 213 thousand hectares of sugar beet were planted. In particular, 5 million 672 thousand hectares of grains and legumes were sown, including

• spring wheat – 280 thou hectares;
• spring barley – 821.9 thou hectares;
• peas – 139.3 thou hectares;
• oats – 150.1 thousand hectares;
• corn – 4 043.5 thousand hectares;
• buckwheat – 120.7 thou hectares;
• millet – 51.1 thou hectares.

Sunflower was sown on the area of 5 307.5 thou hectares, soybeans – 1 779.8 thou hectares.

Tags: Ukraine, barley, sunseed, harvesting, sowing