October 28, 2024 - Ukraine demonstrated a significant production performance in the 2024 agricultural season, harvesting 63.7 million tonnes of grain and oilseeds on a large cultivated area of 18.1 million hectares. As a result of the harvest across the country, 45.1 million tonnes of grain and 18.6 million tonnes of oilseeds were obtained.
A productive season was experienced in strategically important agricultural products such as wheat, barley, corn and sunflower. The wheat harvest, which was 100 percent completed on an area of 4.9 million hectares, yielded a total production of 22.3 million tonnes. Barley, on the other hand, reached a yield of 5.5 million tonnes with a harvest of 1.4 million hectares.
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Among other legume crops, peas were harvested on 212.2 thousand hectares with a 100 percent yield of 465.3 thousand tonnes. In maize, 67 percent harvest rate was reached on 2.7 million hectares, yielding 15.4 million tonnes. The ongoing maize harvest shows that this yield may increase further.
Sunflower, an important oilseed crop, was harvested at a rate of 94 percent on 4.6 million hectares, yielding 9.5 million tonnes. Soybeans, on the other hand, were harvested on 2.5 million hectares at a rate of 93 percent and yielded 5.6 million tonnes. Rapeseed also reached 3.5 million tonnes with a 100 percent harvest rate completed on 1.3 million hectares.
On the other hand, farmers continue to harvest sugar beet in 15 different regions. 66 percent of the sugar beet planted on 170.6 thousand hectares of land has been harvested, yielding 8.3 million tonnes of sweet root. As the harvesting process progresses, the total production of this product is expected to increase. Ukraine has once again demonstrated its agricultural production capacity with the harvest results obtained this year.
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