Ukraine. Harvest of sunflower seed slowed down to 6% behind last year
4 September, 2019 at 14:09
According to the latest information as of September 2, grain and pulses crop is 14.1% higher than last year with a 13.3% higher yield, reports UkrAgroConsult.
Late crops: buckwheat harvest has slowed down to 52.7% behind last year, yield is 3.1% lower than in 2018. The pace of millet harvest is 92.3% ahead of last year and yield is 23.9% higher than in 2018.
Harvest of sunflower seed slowed down to 6.2% behind last year, yield is 3.7% lower than in 2018, reports UkrAgroConsult.
The pace of soybean harvest is 59.3% ahead of last year, yield is 14.8% lower than in 2018.
755 Th ha had been planted to winter rape (70% complete).
Ukraine. Harvesting progress, September 2, 2019
|
Crops |
Forecast area, Th ha |
Harvested, Th ha |
% |
Crop, KMT |
Yield, MT/ha |
|||
|
2019 |
2018 |
2019 |
2018 |
2019 |
2018 |
|||
|
Grains and pulses |
15279 |
10064 |
9990 |
66 |
39436 |
34563 |
3.92 |
3.46 |
|
Early grains and pulses |
9976 |
9965 |
9871 |
99.9 |
39249 |
34307 |
3.94 |
3.48 |
|
Buckwheat |
67 |
12 |
26 |
18 |
16 |
34 |
1.28 |
1.32 |
|
Millet |
90 |
43 |
22 |
48 |
80 |
34 |
1.87 |
1.51 |
|
Sunflower seed |
5849 |
415 |
443 |
7 |
780 |
861 |
1.88 |
1.95 |
|
Soybean seed |
1580 |
69 |
43 |
4 |
154 |
113 |
2.24 |
2.63 |
