Ukraine 2021 wheat harvest jumps

KYIV: Ukrainian farms have completed the 2021 wheat harvest, threshing 33 million tonnes in bunker weight with a yield of 4.65 tonnes per hectare, agriculture ministry data showed on Friday.

The ministry said a total of 45.7 million tonnes of grain had been harvested by Sept 16 from 65.3% of the sowing area, with the yield averaging 4.39 tonnes per hectare.

Ukraine plans to thresh a record 80.6 million tonnes of grain in 2021, up from 65 million tonnes in 2020. Exports could jump to 60.7 million tonnes in 2021/22 from 44.7 million tonnes in 2020/21

Ukraine harvested 65 million tonnes of grain, including 24.9 million tonnes of wheat and 7.6 million tonnes of barley, in 2020.