Ukraine harvests 60 mln tonnes of grain as of Nov 29

In particular, 21.6 million tonnes of maize was threshed from an area of 4 million hectares (90%) with an average yield of 5.36 tonnes per hectare.

It was reported earlier that Ukrainian farmers had finished harvesting buckwheat and millet, having threshed 200,000 tonnes of the product from 181,000 hectares (100%), and 83,000 tonnes from 56,000 hectares (100%), respectively.

In addition, the agrarians harvested 11.9 million tonnes of sunflower from an area of 5.92 million hectares (99%), 3.7 million tonnes of soybeans from 1.9 million hectares (98%), as well as dug 14.4 million tonnes of sugar beet from 314,000 hectares (99%).

Read alsoUkraine boosts revenue from agriexports by quarter in 10 monthsAs UNIAN reported earlier, during the spring sowing campaign, the agrarians sowed spring grains and leguminous crops on 7.17 million hectares. A total of 14.3 million hectares was sown by grain crops (including 7.15 million hectares – by winter crops). The total area of planting crops for the harvest of 2017 is estimated at 26.9 million hectares, which is 152,000 hectares more than in 2016.

Ukrainian farmers planted 8.1 million hectares of winter crops and green forage in 2016, which was 3.8% up against 2015. At the same time, the area for grain crops increased by 1.5%, to 7,200 hectares, the State Statistics Service said.

Read alsoUkraine already exported 15 mln tonnes of grainsMoreover, Ukraine harvested 65.95 million tonnes of grain and legumes in 2016, which was 9.7% more than in 2015. It was also a record for the whole period of the country's independence, according to the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry.