Pavlenko: As of today, Ukrainian agrarians have threshed over 30 mn MT new crop grains
03.08.2015 18:19 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
"As to the latest data, Ukrainian agrarians have threshed over 30.1 mn MT grains, what makes almost 50% total planned new crop grains," Government Portal says quoting Oleksiy Pavlenko, the Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, as speaking within the Government House press conference today.
As to Pavlenko, as of this year Aug 3, agrarians have already threshed early grains/leguminous crops already at 8.7 mn ha (85% total planned), with average yield being 34,6 metric centners per ha (unchanged against previous year similar).
Thus, in particular, agrarians have got:
- 22.0 mn MT spring wheat from 5.9 mn ha (86% total planned), average yield - 37,4 metric centners per ha, down against previous year similar 38,7 metric centners per
ha;
- 202,000 MT spring rye from 82,000 ha (55%), average yield - 24,8 metric centners per ha, up against last year similar 24,6 metric centners per ha;
- 7.4 mn MT spring barley from 2.5 mn ha (90%), average yield - 29,4 metric centners per ha, down against last year similar 29,9 metric centners per ha;
- 115,000 MT oats from 56,000 ha (26%), average yield - 21,3 metric centners per ha, down against last year similar 23,6 metric centners per ha;
- 368,000 MT peas from 164,000 ha (97%), average yield - 22,4 metric centners per ha, down as of last year similar 23,7 metric centners per ha.
Besides, agrarians have got 1.6 mn MT rape from 626,000 ha (91%), average yield - 25,3 metric centners per ha, up as of last year similar 24,2 metric centners per ha).
«After having analyzed sown areas condition and soil moisture content, we have reasons to expect the Ukrainian 2015 grains gross crop to reach about 60 mn MT - what is to completely satisfy country domestic needs and State food security, with enough grains remained to be exported to foreign markets,» the Minister admitted.
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