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Ukrainian farmers have threshed almost 60 million tonnes of grain, the largest yield was in Vinnytsia, Cherkasky, Kyiv and Khmelnytsky regions, according to the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry.
In particular, 58.4 million tonnes of grain had been harvested from 13.2 million hectares, or 92% of planned areas, as of November 11, the ministry said.
In particular, farmers harvested 19.4 million tonnes of maize for seeds from 3.1 million ha (74% of the planned areas).
Read alsoAgrarian Minister to create group to address logistic problems with grain exportsFarmers also completed the campaign to harvest late grain crops. In particular, they threshed 191,000 tonnes of buckwheat from 149,000 ha (100% of the planned areas), 190,000 tonnes of millet from 104,000 ha (100%).
Farmers have still been harvesting sunflower seeds, having threshed 13.1 million tonnes from 5.8 million ha (98%).
Further, 3.9 million tonnes of soybeans were threshed from 1.7 million ha (94%), while 11.6 million tonnes of sugar beets were harvested from 244,000 ha (83%).
Read alsoUkrainian sugar refineries already produce 18% of annual targetThe largest yield of grain was reported in Vinnytsia region (5.4 million tonnes), Odesa region (4.5 million tonnes), and in Poltava and Kharkiv regions (3.9 million tonnes each).
The highest yield per ha was recorded in Vinnytsia region (6.45 tonnes per ha), Cherkasy region (6.28 tonnes per ha), Kyiv region (5.87 tonnes per ha), and Khmelnytsky region (5.74 tonnes per ha).