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According to Minister of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine Yuriy Melnik, as for October 25, the Ukrainian farmers harvested about 29.5 mln tonnes of grain (in originally harvested weight).
According to him, the farms harvested maize from 75% of areas and threshed over 6.2 mln tonnes of grain. The gross yield of maize in the current year is forecasted to be about 7 mln tonnes.
In addition, the harvesting campaign of sunflower seeds is almost finished - as for the reported date the farmers harvested 4.2 mln tonnes of sunseeds. According to the Minister, this volume would allow to satisfy needs of sun oil production for the domestic as well as for export markets.
As for the sowing campaign of winter crops, the farmers have already sowed 7.5 mln ha under winter crops for 2008 crop, including 6.2 mln ha under wheat, 470.000 ha under rye, 730.000 ha under barley. The sowings of winter rapeseeds are at 1.370 mln ha, up 700.000 ha as for the analogous date last year.
As it was stated before, this year the grain yield in Ukraine is expected at the level of 29-30 mln tonnes (in clean weight) against 34.3 mln tonnes last year.
The needs of Ukraine in grain are estimated at 27 mln tonnes per year.
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