Ukraine starts 2022 corn harvest, ministry says
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian farms have began the 2022 corn harvest, threshing 92,200 tonnes of the commodity from 0.5% of the sown space, the agriculture ministry mentioned on Friday.
The ministry mentioned in an announcement that the corn yield stood at 4.41 tonnes per hectare.
The ministry has mentioned Ukraine might harvest 25 to 27 million tonnes of corn this 12 months versus 42.1 million tonnes in 2021 and the Russian invasion was the primary purpose for the lower within the harvest.
Ukraine is a serious international grain producer and exporter however is more likely to register a major drop in output this 12 months, falling to about 50 million tonnes from a report 86 million tonnes in 2021 due to the invasion.
The ministry mentioned farmers had harvested a complete of 26.1 million tonnes of grain from 61% of the sown space in 2022 as of Sept. 23. and the typical grain yield stood at 3.84 tonnes per hectare.
It mentioned the nation had accomplished its 2022 wheat harvest with output at 19.2 million tonnes in bunker weight and the yield at 4.1 tones per hectare.
Farms additionally harvested 5.5 million tonnes of the barley from 100% of the world and 250,700 tonnes of peas from 98% of the sown space.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Enhancing by Gareth Jones)
