Ukraine. Harvesting progress, July 18, 2019

19 July, 2019 at 12:07

According to the latest information as of July 18:

  • The Ag Ministry slightly raised its harvested area forecasts for the following crops:
  • early grains and pulses, from 9740 Th ha to 9760 Th ha (+0.2%),
  • wheat, from 6612 Th ha to 6620 Th ha (+0.1%),
  • barley, from 2504 Th ha to 2525 Th ha (+0.8%);
  • The harvested area forecasts were reduced for:
  • peas, from 287 Th ha to 282 Th ha (-1.6%),
  • winter rape, from 1292 Th ha to 1289 Th ha (-0.2%);
  • Wheat harvest slowed down, being just 4% ahead of last year now;
  • Harvest of the following crops is ahead of last year:
  • barley (+37%),
  • oats (+9%),
  • winter rapeseed (+16%);
  • Harvest of peas and rye slowed down, being 18% and 20% behind last year, respectively;
  • The following crops show higher yields than last year:
  • wheat (+11.4%),
  • barley (+9.2%)
  • rye (+15.8%),
  • peas (+39.3%),
  • Winter rapeseed yield is down 7.6% from a year ago.

Ukraine. Harvesting progress, July 18, 2019

Crops

Forecast area, Th ha

Harvested, Th ha

%

Crop, KMT

Yield, MT/ha

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

Early grains and pulses

9760

5880

5345

60

20529

16717

3.49

3.13

Winter wheat

6620

3929

3794

59

14472

12537

3.68

3.33

Barley

2525

1702

1246

67

5491

3680

3.23

2.95

Rye

115

10.3

12.9

9

28

30

2.07

2.33

Oats

190

4.3

3.9

2

8.8

5.7

2.07

1.48

Peas

282

235

287

83

530

465

2.26

1.62

Winter rapeseed

1289

980

822

76

2301

2092

2.35

2.54