Astarta and IMC complete harvesting campaigns of winter grains
2014-08-05 16:58:24
According to the official information, released on respective companies’ websites, Industrial Milk company and Astarta have completed harvesting campaigns of winter grains. Astarta reported total harvest of 220 thousand tons of grains from the area of 45 thousand hectares. Total volume included 200 thousand tons of higher food grade wheat. Company reported average yield per hectare of 5 tons for wheat and 4.8 tons for barley. Highest results of the companies within the holding peaked at 6 tons for wheat and 5.3 tons for barley. Company attributed high levels of crops to improvement of seed quality, which is being purchased in Khmelnitskiy region for the companies, operating in Western regions and in Poltava region for companies operating in the East. IMC completed harvesting campaign on the total area of 8.5 thousand hectares, having harvested approximately 44.2 thousand tons of winter wheat. Average reported yield for the company is measured at 5.2 tons per hectare.
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