Despite russia's terrorist attacks, Ukrainian agrarians continue to work to ensure the food security of the state and the whole world, the Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy informs.
Thus, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, as of the third week of December, Ukraine harvested 78.7 million tonnes of new crops, including 57 million 859 thousand tonnes of grain and 20 million 759 thousand tonnes of oilseeds.
Grain and pulses were harvested on an area of 10,509 thsd ha with a yield of 55.1 c/ha, including:
- corn - 3,573.1 thou hectares at a yield of 77.3 centners per hectare, with a harvest of 27 mln 615 thou tonnes
- wheat was harvested on 4,694.5 thou hectares, yielding 47.9 c/ha, with a harvest of 22 million 478 thou tonnes;
- barley was harvested on 1 504.5 thou hectares with a yield of 39.3 c/ha, with a harvest of 5 mln 909 thou tonnes;
- 154.4 thousand hectares were threshed with a yield of 25.9 centners per hectare, and 399.5 thousand tonnes were harvested;
- buckwheat was harvested on 140 thou hectares at a yield of 14.8 c/ha, with a harvest of 207.5 thou tonnes;
- millet was harvested on 79.5 thou hectares at a yield of 22.7 c/ha, with a total harvest of 180.2 thou tonnes;
- other grains and pulses were harvested on 362.6 thou hectares, with a yield of 1,070 thou tonnes.
Oilseeds were harvested on the area of 8,221 thou hectares, in particular:
- sunflower was harvested on an area of 5,018.9 thou hectares, with a yield of 11 mln 975 thou tonnes of seeds at 23.9 c/ha;
- soybeans were harvested on an area of 1,805.6 thou hectares, yielding 4 mln 779 thou tonnes at 26.5 c/ha.
- rapeseed was harvested on the area of 1,396 thou hectares, with a yield of 4.5 mln tonnes and a yield of 28.7 c/ha. Harvesting has been completed in all regions.
Sugar beet was harvested on an area of 248.6 thousand hectares, with 11,857.9 thousand tonnes of sweet roots harvested at a yield of 477 c/ha.