Ukrainian farmers thresh almost 59 mln tonnes of grain

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The average yield is 41.1 quintals per hectare. Harvesting of corn, soybeans, sunflower and sugar beets is underway.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the gross yield of grain was expected at 59.5 million tonnes, according to the ministry of agriculture.

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