According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food (the Ministry), as of 27 October farmers have harvested 41,70 million tonnes of cereals and pulses from 8,32 million ha, which is 72% of the forecast area.
Total volume and yield of cereals
This year’s total harvest at this time is approximately 7,3% higher than last year’s 40,20 million tonnes as of 31 October, due to a higher average yield — 50,2 centners per hectare versus 45,8 centners per hectare last year. A week earlier the total harvest stood at 37,56 million tonnes from 8,40 million ha.
Harvesting of wheat, barley, peas and rapeseed is complete. The wheat harvest amounted to 26,24 million tonnes from 5,12 million ha, with an average yield of 51,2 centners per hectare versus 45,1 centners per hectare last year. Barley totalled 6,60 million tonnes from 1,48 million ha, with an average yield of 44,5 centners per hectare compared with 39,7 centners per hectare the previous year.
Maize and oilseeds
Over the week the total maize harvest rose from 5,4 million tonnes to 7,9 million tonnes: 1,33 million ha have been harvested, or 29% of forecast areas, and the average yield is 59,5 centners per hectare versus 61,5 centners per hectare last year. The total oilseed harvest as of 27 October is 16,91 million tonnes, about 11,7% higher than on the same date last year.
Sunflower this year has been harvested for 9,83 million tonnes from 4,44 million ha, representing 85% of forecast areas, with an average yield of 22,1 centners per hectare compared with 18,8 centners per hectare last year. Soy has been harvested from 1,47 million ha (91% of forecast areas), yielding 3,18 million tonnes at 21,7 centners per hectare versus 23,4 centners per hectare last year.
Groat crops, sugar crops and regional figures
Harvesting of groat crops is almost complete: buckwheat has been harvested on 95% of forecast areas, yielding 60,1 thousand tonnes; millet has been harvested from 94% of areas, with a total harvest of 89 thousand tonnes. Last year millet totalled 61,5 thousand tonnes, and buckwheat 82,5 thousand tonnes.
The sugar beet harvest is currently behind: 3,92 million tonnes of roots have been lifted from 79,5 thousand ha, which is 47% of the forecast area, with an average yield of 493,6 centners per hectare versus 522,6 centners per hectare last year, when as of 31 October 6,79 million tonnes had been harvested from 130 thousand ha.
Among the leading regions by total grain harvest, the Ministry named Odesa Oblast: 5,83 million tonnes of grain have been harvested from 1,26 million ha, including 3,83 million tonnes of wheat, 1,50 million tonnes of barley and 0,30 million tonnes of peas.
