Southern Ukraine starts 2019 grain harvest  

KIEV: Farmers from Ukraine's southern regions have started the 2019, grain harvest, threshing the first hectares of winter barley, regional officials said on Wednesday.

Ukraine's agriculture ministry last week said the country had completed the 2019, sowing, and that the seeding area totalled 14.8 million hectares, almost the same as in 2018.

The ministry has said Ukraine's 2019, grain harvest could exceed last year's record crop of 70 million tonnes.