KYIV, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Ukraine, among the many main international corn growers, has began the 2021 harvest, threshing the primary 25,800 tonnes of the commodity, the agriculture ministry mentioned on Friday.
The ministry mentioned the yield averaged 5.99 tonnes per hectare.
The ministry additionally mentioned a complete of 44.93 million tonnes of grain had been harvested as of Sept. 2 from 64.2% of the sowing space and the yield averaged 4.39 tonnes per hectare.
The amount included 32.eight million tonnes of wheat and 10 million tonnes of barley. Farmers have virtually accomplished the early grain harvest.
The ministry mentioned farmers had accomplished the 2021 rapeseed harvest, with output at 2.79 million tonnes, they usually had began sunflower seed threshing.
The ministry final week mentioned Ukraine deliberate to thresh a file 80.6 million tonnes of grain in 2021, up from 65 million tonnes in 2020. The export might bounce to 60.7 million tonnes in 2021/22 from 44.7 million in 2020/21.
Ukraine harvested 65 million tonnes of grain, together with 24.9 million tonnes of wheat and seven.6 million tonnes of barley, in 2020.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Enhancing by Alison Williams)
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