Kirovohrad region, Odesa region and Dnipropetrovsk region remain in the top three for threshing more than 2 million tons of grain. More than 1 million tons were threshed in 11 regions. This was reported by Ministry of Agricultural Policy.
The general figures for the collection of grain and leguminous crops are as follows: collection area–6 million 726 thousand hectares (60%), threshed 25.9 million tons (yield – 38 .4 t/ha), including:
- 4.7 million hectares (99%) of wheat were threshed, 19.2 million tons were threshed (yield – 41.0 tons/ha);
- 1.6 million ha of barley were threshed (100%), 5.5 million tons were threshed (yield – 34.7 tons/ha);
- peas were threshed on 109.3 thousand hectares (98%), 250.2 thousand tons were threshed (yield – 22.9 tons/ha);
- 3.9 thousand ha (0.09%) of corn were threshed for grain, 18.4 thousand tons were threshed (yield – 47.2 tons/ha);
- buckwheat threshed 21.2 thousand ha (18%), 30.6 thousand tons were threshed (yield – 14.5 tons/ha);
- millet was threshed on 16.5 thousand ha (37%), 42.2 thousand tons were threshed (yield – 25.6 tons/ha).
Also, harvesting of sunflowers, soybeans and canola continues. Sunflower was harvested on an area of 251.4 thousand ha, (5%) 392 thousand tons of seeds were threshed with a yield of 15.6 t/ha. The area of harvested soybeans is 26.8 thousand ha, (1.8%) 70.9 thousand tons were threshed with a yield of 26.5 tons/ha. Rapeseed was harvested on an area of 1 million 96 thousand hectares, (100%) 3.1 million tons of seeds were threshed with a yield of 28.5 tons/ha.
The season of digging sugar beets has begun. They have already been dug up on an area of 820 hectares, (0.5%), which is 42.9 thousand tons of sweet roots with a yield of 523 tons/ha.