Ukrainian agrarians have threshed 31 million tons of early grain crops

Ukrainian agrarians have threshed 31 million tons of early grain crops. The total crop was harvested in the territory of 8.1 million hectares, or 84% of the forecast. The yield reached 38.3 hundredweight per hectare.

As of 01.08.2016 namely:

- Wheat have been harvested in the area of 5.2 million hectares (84%) and threshed 21.5 million tons of grain (in 2015 – 21.9 million tons) with the yields 41.3 hundredweight per hectare (in 2015 – 37.3 hundredweight per hectare)

- Barley have been harvested in the area of 2.5 million hectares (89%) and threshed 8.5 million tons of grain (in 2015 – 7.4 million tons) with the yields 33.4 hundredweight per hectare (in 2015 – 29.4 hundredweight per hectare).

- Rye has been harvested in the area 75 thousand hectares (52%) and threshed 196 thousand tons of grain (in 2015 – 202 thousand tons) with the yields 26.1 hundredweight per hectare (in 2015– 24.8 hundredweight per hectare).

- Oat has been harvested in the area of 45 thousand hectares (21%) and threshed 112 thousand tons of grain (in 2015– 118 thousand tons) with the yields 25.1 hundredweight per hectare (in 2015 – 21.3 hundredweight per hectare).

- Peas has been harvested in the area of 226 thousand hectares (95%) and threshed 714 thousand tons (in 2015– 368 thousand tons) with the yields 31.6 hundredweight per hectare (in 2015 – 22.4 hundredweight per hectare).

- Moreover, winter rape has been harvested in the area of 403 thousand hectares (88%) and threshed 1.1 million tons (in 2015 – 1.6 million tons) with the yields 26.3 hundredweight per hectare (in 2015 – 25.3 hundredweight per hectare).

Odessa region has threshed more than 3 million tons of grain, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhya (each of regions) have threshed more than 2 million tons of grain.

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