Ukraine. Soybean yield is 18% lower than last year

30 August, 2019 at 15:08

According to the latest information as of August 29 Ukrainian grain and pulses crop is 14.5% higher than last year with a 13.3% higher yield, reports UkrAgroConsult.

Harvest of early grains and pulses: a 14.4% higher crop than last year; a 13.2% higher yield than last year.

Harvest of late crops: the harvested area official forecast for buckwheat was reduced by 1 KMT, yield is 6.1% lower than in 2018; millet yield is 28.1% higher than in 2018.

Harvest of sunflower seed: growers have harvested 362 KMT of sunseed from 211 Th ha with a yield of 1.72 MT/ha (-1,8% year-on-year).

Harvest of soybean: growers have harvested 79 KMT of soybean seeds from 35 Th ha with a yield of 2.26 MT/ha (-18.3% year-on-year).

Ukraine. Harvesting progress, August 29, 2019

Crops

Forecast area, Th ha

Harvested, Th ha

%

Crop, KMT

Yield, MT/ha

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

Grains and pulses

15279

10049

9947

66

39404

34406

3.92

3.46

Early grains and pulses

9976

9965

9869

99.9

39248

34298

3.94

3.48

Buckwheat

67

9

16

14

12

22

1.29

1.37

Millet

90

37

15

42

70

22

1.87

1.45

Sunflower seed

5849

211

138

4

362

241

1.72

1.75

Soybean seed

1580

35

14

2

79

40

2.26

2.77