Ukrainian farmers harvest over 31 million tons
2011-08-08 14:52:59
As of August 5, according to live data, in Ukraine, 31.05 million tons of grain was gathered on the area of almost 10.3 million ha (91% of the forecast) out of the planned 11.415 million ha. At the same time, the average yield of grain crops and grain and leguminous cultures makes up 30.2 centners/ha, the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry inform.
In particular, for the designated date, almost 21.17 million tons of wheat (93% of the forecast) was thrashed, as well as 3.38 million tons of winter barley (99.7%) and 5.47 million tons of spring barley from 2.31 million ha (91%).
In addition, 472,500 tons of rye was thrashed, 381,800 tons of peas and about 1.3 million tons of rape.