Grain harvesting campaign near completion in Donetsk region

The relevant statement was made by the Department for Agro-Industrial Complex and Land Resources at Donetsk Regional Military Administration in a commentary to an Ukrinform correspondent.

“As of October 31, 2024, grain crs were harvested from 154.5 thousand hectares, which is 95.7% of the total cr fields. Overall, 161.5 thousand hectares were sown with grain crs in the region. A total of 317.4 thousand tonnes of grain has already been threshed,” the report states.

The average yielding capacity of grain crs is 20.5 quintals per hectare.

Winter and spring wheat was harvested from 100% of cr fields, with a yielding capacity of 22.7 quintals per hectare. Winter and spring barley was also gathered from 100% of cr fields, with a yielding capacity of 17.4 quintals per hectare.

The harvesting of late crs is still underway in the Donetsk region. A total of 30.6 thousand tonnes of corn has already been gathered from 17 thousand hectares, which is 81% of cr fields. The average yielding capacity of corn is 18 quintals per hectare.

According to the regional authorities, the low yielding capacity of grain crs in 2024 was caused by the adverse weather conditions. In May, cd snaps occurred all over the region. Later, there was very little precipitation, flowed by a long heat wave in the summer period.

A reminder that, as of October 21, 2024, winter crs were sown on 33% of the planned fields in the Donetsk region.

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