Ukraine. Corn harvest accelerated to 9% ahead of last year

18 October, 2019 at 16:10

According to the latest update as of October 17, planting of winter grains accelerated to 6.7% behind last year, reports UkrAgroConsult. Planting of winter rape is almost complete, with its pace being 5.4% ahead of last year.

Corn harvest accelerated to 8.8% ahead of last year, with yield unchanged from 2018. Buckwheat harvest is 37.5% behind last year, with 8.4% higher yield than in 2018. Millet harvest is 67.1% ahead of last year, with 21.7% higher yield than in 2018.

Sunflower harvest progress has slowed down to 2.2% behind last year, with 8.8% higher yield than in 2018.

Soybean harvest accelerated to 1.0% ahead of last year, with yield down 7.7% from 2018.

Ukraine. Harvesting progress, October 17, 2019

Crops

Forecast area, Th ha

Harvested, Th ha

%

Crop, KMT

Yield, MT/ha

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

Grains and pulses

15279

15279

12755

12471

83

56515

50286

4.43

Buckwheat

67

67

64

102

94

85

125

1.33

Millet

90

90

80

48

89

150

74

1.87

Corn

4974

4974

2547

2341

51

16660

15312

6.54

Sunflower seed

5849

5849

5381

5505

92

12997

12222

2.42

Soybean seed

1580

1580

1364

1351

86

3192

3425

2.34