Final results of the harvest -2022 in Ukraine

On Friday, June 16, the State Statistics Service released the final data on the 2022 harvest of grains and oilseeds in Ukraine.

The total gross harvest of grains and pulses decreased by 37.4% to 53.864 mln tonnes, the harvested area decreased by 23.9% to 12.171 mln hectares, and the average yield decreased by 15% to 45.8 c/ha.

In terms of crops, the harvest decreased compared to 2021:

• wheat – by 35.5% to 20.73 mln tons
• barley – by 41.6% to 5.608 mln tonnes
• corn – by 37.8% to 26.19 mln tonnes
• rye – by 47.1% to 314 thousand tons,
• triticale – by 16% to 27.1 thsd tonnes,
• millet – by 55.8% to 90.1 thsd tonnes,
• oats – by 19.1% to 378.5 thsd tonnes,
• rice – by 93.8% to 3.1 thsd tonnes,
• sorghum – by 76.7% to 40.3 thsd tonnes,
• other pulses – by 50.9% to 334.2 thsd tonnes,
• sugar beet – by 30.9% to 9.94 mln tons.

Buckwheat was the only grain crop that increased its production in 2022. Its harvest increased by 39.6% to 147.7 thsd tonnes compared to the previous year.

Sunseed production in 2022 also decreased by 30.9% to 11.33 mln tonnes compared to 2021, while soybean harvest decreased by only 1.4% to 3.444 mln tonnes, which is almost the same as in the previous year. At the same time, rapeseed production increased by 12.9% to 3.32 mln tonnes.

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