Harvest 2023: Ukraine harvests first million tons of grain. INFOGRAPHICS

Farmers in 12 regions have started harvesting early grain and pulses.

This is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, Censor.NET reports.

"We harvested 1 million 24 thousand tonnes of grain on an area of 308.2 thousand hectares (3%) with a yield of 33.2 cwt/ha:

- Barley - 235 thousand hectares (16%) with a yield of 34.3 cwt/ha, 805.8 thousand tonnes harvested;

- wheat - 51.4 thou hectares (1%) with a yield of 33.5 cwt/ha, 172 thou tonnes harvested;

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- peas - 21.7 thou hectares (15%) with a yield of 21.1 c/ha, 45.8 thou tonnes harvested.

Mykolaiv region is the leader in grain harvesting, having threshed 118 thousand hectares (19%), while Odesa region harvested the most - 468.8 thousand tonnes.

In addition, agricultural producers in 5 regions started harvesting winter rape, which was threshed on an area of 47.7 thou hectares (3%), yielding 86.2 thou tonnes of seeds at 18.1 c/ha," the statement said.