The record harvest will allow Ukraine to increase grain exports

According to the Ministry of agrarian policy, in the current season Ukrainian farmers have collected a record 70.1 million tons of grain, which is 4 million tons higher than the previous maximum.

in Particular, corn, harvested a record 35.5 million tons, sunflower – 13.7 million tons, soybeans – 4.4 million tons.

the Largest harvests of grain collected Poltava – 6.4 MT, Vinnitsa region is 6.1 million tonnes, Cherkasy region – 4.8 million tons. The highest yield in 2018, recorded in the Cherkassy region is 7.28 t/ha, Khmelnitsky – of 7.16 t/ha and Vinnytsia – 7,13 t/ha.

According to forecasts of Ministry of agrarian policy, in the 2018/19 season Ukraine can export up to 47.2 million tons of grain compared with 39.9 million tonnes in the previous my.

since July 1, has already exported 21.7 million tonnes of grain, in particular:

corn - 8.1 million tons,

barley - 3.1 million tons.

• wheat - nearly 10 million tons,

besides, during the specified period were exported 117,4 thousand tons of wheat flour.

According to experts, Ukrainian grain Association, Ukraine in the current season will gather the largest ever crop of cereals and oilseeds at the level of 91.8 million tonnes, which will export a record of 52.5 million tonnes of grain, in particular:

wheat - 16 million tons,

barley and 3.9 million tons.

• corn - 27 million tons,