According to preliminary statistics released by Ukraine’s Ministry
of Agriculture today, the production of grain and leguminous crops in 2016 was 66mmt.
This is a record harvest in the history of Ukraine and 5.9mmt
more than in 2015.
Overall, the total average yield was 4.61mt/ha and consisted
of the following.
- wheat 26.0mmt with a yield of 4.21mt/ha;
- corn almost (their reporting not mine) 28mmt with a yield of 6.60mt/ha;
- barley 9.4mmt with a yield of 3.30mt/ha;
- sunflower 13.6mmt with a yield of 2.24mt/ha;
- soybean 4.3mmt with a yield of 2.31mt/ha;
- sugar beet 13.9mmt with a yield of 48.2mt/ha;
- potatoes 20.9mmt with a yield of 16.0mt/ha.