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Almost 61 million tonnes of crop were harvested in Ukraine
The harvest slightly exceeded the forecast of the Ministry of Economy, about 4% of agricultural crops have not yet been harvested.
As of November 23, Ukrainian farmers harvested 60.9 million tons of cereals and legumes in 96% of the area, reported the press service of the Ministry of Economy.
It is observed that a total of 79.2 million tons of staple crops have already been harvested in an area of 23.5 million hectares.
In particular, we have already completed harvesting of crops such as wheat, barley, peas, millet, buckwheat, sunflower and rapeseed.
The corn harvest continues, 25.2 million tons were already harvested from an area of 4.8 million hectares (89% of the forecast) and soybeans, 2.7 million tons were harvested from an area of 1, 3 million hectares (98%). Likewise, almost 8.3 million tons of sugar beet were harvested in an area of 196 thousand hectares (91% of the forecast).
It is also reported that as of November 23, farmers have planted nearly 7.9 million hectares with the main winter crops, which is 96% of the forecast.
It was previously reported that this year, farmers will harvest the worst corn crop since 2016.
Recall that in April, the Ministry of Economy and Trade lowered the forecast for the cereal harvest in 2020 to 60 million tons due to insufficient rainfall. It was previously assumed that the harvest could reach 75 million tonnes.
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