Agro-industrial complex of Ukraine: From record-breaking yields to global leadership - ForUm

Agro-industrial complex of Ukraine: From record-breaking yields to global leadership - ForUm:

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Despite long winter and hot summer, grain harvest this year may become record-breaking again. Thus, as of August 5, 9.9 million hectares of early grain crops and grain legume had been threshed and 30 million tons of grain had been harvested. Average crop yield index makes 30.3 dt/ha, which is 4.8 dt/ha more than in 2012. 

Wheat has been harvested from 6.3 million hectares with crop yield index of 34dt/ha, and grain yield of this crop has made 21.7 million tons. Moreover, grain yield of barley has made 7.13 million tons, of winter rape - 2.2 million tons, of rye - 514 thousand tons, of oats - 295 thousand tons.

Considering the figures, experts have already increased the forecast of national grain harvest for this year up to 51.1 million tons, against 46.2 millions tons in 2012. Thus, the country will beat the last year record of 56.7 million tons of crops. According to analysts of Ukrainian grain association, considering the expectations to harvest 27-28 million tons of corn, it may be the absolute historical record of grain harvest.  "

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