The harvesting of grain crops of the first group is to start at the end of June. The winter and spring wheat harvest is expected to total 940,000 tonnes. Productivity per heater will be 3.3-3.5 tonnes.
In a response to an inquiry by IPN, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry says the areas sowed with grains this year are smaller than in 2016. Owing to the unfavorable weather in autumn, the gains were sowed mainly with delay. However, the projected harvest will enable to ensure the country’s food security.
The agricultural enterprises and peasant farmsteads sowed grains of the first group and legumes on an area of 375,670 ha. Winter and spring wheat was sowed on 268,910 ha, winter and spring barley on 60,170 ha, pea on 15,550 ha, while winter and spring rape on 29,500 ha.
The barley harvest is projected at 163,000 tonnes, with the average productivity per hectare being estimated at 3.59 tonnes.
The areas sowed with pea are by 6,000 larger than last year. About 40,000 tonnes of peas are planned to be gathered this year.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, record first-group grain crop harvests were obtained in 2016. The wheat harvest was of 1.33 million tonnes, with an average productivity per hectare of 3.59 tonnes.
