Ukraine harvests 41.7 mln tonnes of grain and 16.9 mln tonnes of oilseeds, up 7.3% and 11.7% year-on-year

Ukrainian farmers harvested a record 41.7 million tonnes of grain and 16.9 million tonnes of oilseeds in the current year, marking a 7.3% and 11.7% increase year-on-year, respectively. As of October 27, the total grain harvest spanned 8.32 million hectares, with farmers achieving a 72% yield compared to 8.77 million hectares in the same period last year. The average yield per hectare improved from 45.8 centners to 50.2 centners for the current year.

Corn farmers harvested 7.9 million tonnes from 1.33 million hectares, with an average yield of 59.5 centners per hectare, up from 61.5 centners per hectare in the previous year. Oilseed production, primarily sunflower seeds, reached 16.9 million tonnes from 4.44 million hectares, a 11.7% increase compared to the same period last year. The average sunflower yield improved from 18.8 centners per hectare.

Soybeans were harvested from 1.47 million hectares, with a yield of 3.18 million tonnes, slightly below the previous year's average of 23.4 centners per hectare. The sugar beet harvest, which has lagged behind last year's pace, yielded 3.92 million tonnes from 79,500 hectares. Buckwheat and millet production is nearing completion, with yields of 60,100 tonnes and 89,000 tonnes, respectively.

Wheat production amounted to 26.24 million tonnes, while barley production reached 6.60 million tonnes. The Odesa region led in grain production, followed by Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolaiv regions.