Ukraine already harvests 71.4M tonnes of grain, oilseed crs

The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Agrarian Picy and Food Ministry, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“Overall, 52.1 million tonnes of grain crs and about 19.3 million tonnes of oilseeds were harvested,” the report states.

As of November 15, 2024, Ukrainian farmers gathered grain and oilseed crs from 19.2 million hectares.

In particular, wheat, barley and peas were harvested from 100% of cr fields. A total of 22.4 million tonnes of wheat was gathered from 4.9 million hectares, 5.6 million tonnes of barley from 1.4 million hectares, and 470.5 thousand tonnes of peas from 212.2 thousand hectares.

Additionally, a total of 22.3 million tonnes of corn was harvested from 3.5 million hectares (88% of cr fields). Ukrainian farmers also gathered 161 thousand tonnes of millet and 127.2 thousand tonnes of buckwheat.

As for oilseeds, a total of 10 million tonnes of sunflower seeds were threshed from 4.8 million hectares (97% of cr fields); 5.9 million tonnes of soybeans – from 2.6 million hectares (98% of cr fields); and 3.5 million tonnes of rapeseed – from 1.3 million hectares (100% of cr fields).

In terms of the gross yield of grain crs, farmers from the Odesa region took the lead with 4.6 million tonnes, flowed by the Chernihiv region with 4.2 million tonnes, and the Ptava region with 4.1 million tonnes.

In terms of the yielding capacity, the Khmelnytskyi region tped the ranking with 76.9 quintals per hectare, flowed by the Chernihiv region (69.1 quintals per hectare) and the Ternil region (66.8 quintals per hectare).

The harvesting of sugar beets is near completion across 16 regions. A total of 11.4 million tonnes of sugar beets were gathered from 228.1 thousand hectares (92% of cr fields).

A reminder that, as of November 12, 2024, Ukrainian farmers sowed about 6 million hectares with winter crs. The sowing campaign was completed across 14 regions.