Monday 10 November 2014

Ukraine harvest update

Ukraine harvested 58.9mmt of grains and pulses from 13.9mha (94% of the plan excluding Crimea) with an average yield of 4.22mt/ha (3.89mt/ha last year).

This includes 22.3mmt of maize from 3.9mha (83%) with an average yield of 5.73mt/ha;

9.6mmt of sunflower from 5.0mha (97%) with an average yield of 1.92mt/ha;

3.6mmt of soyabeans from 1.7mha (96%) with an average yield of 2.11mt/ha.

Ukraine has planted 7.4mha of winter grains (98%) including 6.3mha wheat & triticale, 941kha barley, 149kha rye.