Ukrainian farmers thresh over 11 mln tonnes of grain as of July 8

Some 7.3 million tonnes of winter wheat was threshed on 2.1 million ha, or 32% of the plan.

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Ukrainian agrarians threshed 11.3 million tonnes of early grain from 3.4 million hectares (ha) as of July 8, 2019.

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In particular, 7.3 million tonnes of winter wheat was threshed from 2.1 million ha, or 32% of the plan; 3.6 million tonnes of barley from 1.1 million ha (43%), and 402,000 tonnes of peas from 187,000 ha (66%), the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry's press service said.

In addition, Ukrainian farmers threshed 2,000 tonnes of rye from 600 ha, or 0.5% of the plan; and 1,500 tonnes of oats from 1,000 ha (0.4%).

Agrarians also threshed 1.1 million tonnes of winter rapeseed from a 519,000-hectare area (40% of the target).

As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukrainian farmers on May 2 completed a campaign to sow early spring crops on 2.1 million ha.

In 2018, Ukraine harvested a record high yield of grains, having threshed 70.1 million tonnes.

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