Ukraine: Barley crop essentially increased

According to the official statistics, as of September, 1, 2006, Ukrainian farmers harvested 11.75 mln tonnes of barley, up 25.6% from the previous year, AgriMarket.Info cited State Statistics Committee of Ukraine.

This crop was milled from 5.13 mln ha area (against 4.29 mln ha in 2005). The average yield totals 2.29 tonnes per hectare, up 0.11 tonnes per hectare as compared to the index of 2005.

Gross barley harvest increased owing to spring sorts. Thus, harvest of spring barley increased by 29% in comparison with 2005, to 10.72 mln tonnes (yield is up 0.1 tonnes per hectare to 2.27 tonnes per hectare). At the same time winter barley harvest decreased by 2.3 % to 1.02 mln tonnes (average yield increased by 0.22 tonnes per hectare to 2.45 tonnes per hectare).

According to the data of State Statistics Committee, Ukrainian agrarians harvested 8.98 mln tonnes of barley (spring and winter) in clean weight.

13 September, 2006