Ukrainian farmers thresh over 13 mln tonnes of grain as of July 10

Some 8.6 million tonnes of winter wheat was threshed on 2.5 million ha, or 37% of the plan.

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Ukrainian agrarians threshed 13.1 million tonnes of early grain from 3.9 million hectares (ha) as of July 10, 2019.

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In particular, 8.6 million tonnes of winter wheat was threshed from 2.5 million ha, or 37% of the plan; 4.1 million tonnes of barley from 1.2 million ha (49%), and 447,000 tonnes of peas from 204,000 ha (71%), the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry's press service said.

In addition, Ukrainian farmers threshed 5,000 tonnes of rye from 2,000 ha, or 2% of the plan; and 2,000 tonnes of oats from 1,000 ha (1%).

Agrarians also threshed 1.4 million tonnes of winter rapeseed from a 649,000-hectare area (50% 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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