Ukraine harvests first 34,800 tonnes of new grain crop, ministry says

KYIV: Ukraine’s farmers have started the 2025 grain harvest, threshing the first 34,800 metric tonnes of early grains as of June 19, the farm ministry said on Friday. Ukraine traditionally starts the harvest in the second part of June with barley and peas. Farmers had harvested 33,900 tonnes of barley with the average yield of 2.49 metric tonnes per hectare, the ministry said in a statement. Ukrainian agriculture minister Vitaliy Koval said on Thursday three southern regions, Odesa, Kherson and Mykolaiv, had started the grain harvest.

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