Russia harvested 76% of the harvest, Kazakhstan – 50%, Ukraine – 68%.
Warm and dry weather in Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan, contributes to the harvest.
As of September 16, Ukrainian farmers from 10.3 million hectares or 68% of the area gathered 40.8 million tonnes of grain with an average yield of 3.95 t/ha, in particular:
1.3 million MT of corn from 218 thousand hectares or 4% of the area,
5.4 million tons of sunflower seeds with 2.5 million ha or 43% of the area with a yield of 2.18 t/ha,
1 million tons of soybeans from 461 thousand hectares or 29% of the area with a yield of 2.26 t/ha.
- 39.2 million tons of early grain and leguminous crops from 9.96 million hectares, or 99.9% of the area,
In Russia on a specified date with 35.7 million ha or 76.3% of the area harvested of 99.6 million tons of grain with yields of 2.79 t/ha (2018 – 2,73 t/ha), in particular:
barley – 19.7 million tonnes from 7.7 million hectares or 87.1% of the area with a yield of 2.57 t/ha,
corn – 1.9 million tons 388 thousand hectares or 15% of the area with a yield of 4.82 t/ha,
sunflower – 3.2 million t from 1.4 million ha or 16,3% with a yield of 2.31 t/ha,
rapeseed – 1.1 mln tonnes with 596,4 thousand ha or 38.2% of the area with a yield of 1.83 t/ha,
soy – 1.8 million tonnes 903,2 thousand hectares or 29.7% of the area with a yield of 2.02 t/ha.
- wheat 68.6 million tons from 22.5 million hectares or 80.2% of the areas with the yield of 3.05 t/ha,
In Kazakhstan as of 17 September 7,473 million hectares or 49.1% of acreage collected 8,355 million tons of grain and leguminous crops with a yield of 1.12 t/ha, while on this date last year, with 8,235 million hectares were harvested of 10.14 million tons.
