REUTERS
Some 39.1 million tonnes of early grains has been harvested.
Ukraine's agrarian ministry says farmers have harvested a total of 39.2 million tonnes of grains and legumes from 10 million hectares, or 66% of the target, as of Aug 27.
In particular, the farmers collected 39.1 mln tonnes of early grains and legumes from 9.9 mln ha, which is 99.7% of the forecast; 6,000 tonnes of buckwheat from 5,000 ha (8% of the target); 50,000 tonnes of millet from 27,000 ha (30% of the forecast); and 121,000 tonnes of sunflower from 81,000 ha.
The press service noted that the highest yield of grains and leguminous crops this year was recorded in Khmelnytsky region (55 с/ha), Cherkasy region (54.7 c/ha), Vinnytsia region (54.4 c/ha), and Ternopil region (50.5 c/ha).
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At the same time, farmers threshed the largest volumes of grains in Odesa and Zaporizhia regions (3.1 million tonnes), as well as Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Mykolayiv regions.
In addition, the ministry says, as of today, 630,000 tonnes of winter rapeseed has already been sown for the 2020 crop, which is 59% of the target. The process is ongoing.
As UNIAN reported earlier, on May 2, Ukrainian farmers completed early spring crop sowing campaign at 2.1 million hectares.
Grain harvest in 2018 amounted to a record 70.1 million tonnes.
According to the national weather watchdog, Ukraine in 2019 should expect high yields of grains and legumes, while the heat in June prevented record volumes.