Ukraine harvests 28 mln tonnes of grain crops and legumes – Agrarian Policy Ministry

Ukrainian farmers harvested 29.7 million tonnes of grain crops and legumes from an area of 8 million hectares, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine has reported.

"As of July 29, Ukrainian farmers harvested 29.7 million tonnes of grain crops and grain legumes of the new harvest from an area of 8.0 million hectares, or 80% of the target," the report says.

In particular, Ukrainian farmers harvested 21.7 million tonnes of wheat from an area of 5.5 million hectares (80%); 7.2 million tonnes of barley from 2.2 million hectares (84%); 569,000 tonnes of peas from 249,000 hectares (95%); 120,000 tonnes of rye from 45,000 hectares (38%); and 60,000 tonnes of oats from 24,000 hectares (13%).

Also, 2.9 million tonnes of winter rape were gathered from an area of 1.2 million hectares (96%).

As reported, as of July 26, 2019, farmers in all regions harvested 28 million tonnes of grain crops an area of 7.6 million hectares.

Ukrinform