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SZ Kabir: Ukrainian farms have almost completed the 2019 grain harvest, threshing a record 74.7 million tons of grain from 99.1% of the sown area, the Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture said on December 4, 2019.
The grain yield averaged 4.93 tons per hectare (1.9 tons per acre), the ministry said in a report. Ukraine harvested 70 million tons of grain in 2018.
Around 70% of Ukraine’s land area of 603,000 square kilometers is devoted to agriculture, with more than 55% of land used for arable production. And it is not just any old arable land, but some of the finest in the world.
Ukraine is the sixth largest producer of corn, growing 39 million tons a year. It is also the seventh largest producer of wheat in the world, growing around 27 million tons a year. It is the world’s largest grower of sunflowers, regularly producing more than 10 million tons a year and it is a top ten producer of sugar beet, barley, soya and rapeseed.
There are 45 million Ukrainians and the country produces much more food than it needs to feed itself and is a major exporter of a wide range of crops.
Source: Online/SZK
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