By KYIV. Nov 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian farmers harvested 62.32 million tonnes of primary crops from an overall area of 16.79 million hectares as of November 18, Ukrainian media said, quoting the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry’s website.
The ministry said 4.21 million tonnes had been harvested from 0.71 million ha over the past week, November 11-18. The overall area of farmland from which crops have been harvested increased 5 percentage points to 81% of the planned harvest area over that time.
The wheat, barley, pea, and rapeseed harvests have already been completed. Millet has been harvested from 95% of the planned area, unchanged over the week, buckwheat from 98%, up 3 pp, sunflower seeds from 96%, up 3 pp, soybeans from 97%, up 6 pp, sugar beet from 90%, up 7 pp, and corn from 50%, up 11 pp.
The final wheat harvest totaled 19.2 million tonnes from 4.7 million ha this season, barley totaled 5.5 million tonnes from 1.6 million ha, rapeseed 3.1 million tonnes from 1.96 million ha, and peas 261,000 tonnes from 111,500 ha.
As of November 18, a total of 12.3 million tonnes of corn had been harvested from 2.1 million ha, 9.8 million tonnes of sunflower from 4.5 million ha, 7.9 million tonnes of sugar beet from 161,000 ha, 3.6 million tonnes of soybeans from 1.5 million ha, 156,000 tonnes of buckwheat from 15,000 ha, and 98,000 tonnes of millet from 42,600 ha.
The average yield for all crops in the current season totals 4.34 tonnes per ha, including 5.81 tonnes for corn, 4.12 tonnes for wheat, 3.51 tonnes for barley, 2.89 tonnes for rapeseed, 2.4 tonnes for soybeans, 2.34 tonnes for peas, 2.31 tonnes for millet, 2.17 tonnes for sunflower, 1.37 tonnes for buckwheat, and 49.4 tonnes per hectare for sugar beet.
Ukraine gathered a record harvest of grains, pulses and oilseed crops in 2021 totaling 106 million tonnes, including 84 million tonnes of grains and pulse crops and 22.6 million tonnes of oilseeds.
Ukraine harvested a total of 32.4 million tonnes of wheat, 40 million tonnes of corn, 10 million tonnes of barley, 581,500 tonnes of peas, 191,000 tonnes of millet, and 110,000 tonnes of buckwheat, 16.3 million tonnes of sunflower seeds, 3.4 million tonnes of soybeans, and 2.9 million tonnes of rapeseed last year.
