Crop-2018: farmers harvested almost 37 million tons of grains

As of September 18, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 36.8 million tons of grains from the area of

10.4 million ha (70%) with a yield of 35.2 c/ha.

Out of which:

– early grains and legumes – 34.3 million tons from an area of ​​9.9 million hectares with a yield of 34.8 c/ha;

– maize – 2.2 million tons from an area of ​​402 thousand hectares (9%) with a yield of 54.9 c/ha;

– buckwheat – 84 thousand tons from an area of ​​66 thousand hectares (61%) with a yield of 12.8 c/ha;

– millet – 56 thousand tons from an area of ​​36 thousand hectares (68%) with a yield of 15.7 c/ha.

Technical crops harvested as up to date:

– sunflower – 4.7 million tons from an area of ​​2.2 million ha (36%) with a yield of 21.3 c/ha;

– soybean – 837 thousand tons from an area of ​​346 thousand hectares (20%) with a yield of 24.2 c/ha;

– rape – 2.7 million tons from an area of ​​1.0 million hectares with a yield of 26.1 c/ha.

Sugar beet: 947 thousand tons have been gathered from an area of ​​20.0 thousand hectares (7%) with a yield of 467 c/ha.

Source: Press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine