A employee masses a truck with grain at a terminal throughout barley harvesting in Odesa area, June 23, 2022
Kyiv, Ukraine:
Farmers in Ukraine’s southern area of Odesa have began the 2023 grain harvest, threshing the primary winter barley, native officers stated.
Ukraine is a significant international grain grower and exporter, however this yr’s out is predicted to be diminished due to Russia’s invasion to round 45 million tonnes from 53 million in 2022.
The agriculture ministry stated final week Ukraine’s 2023 spring sowing was nearly full at nearly 13 million hectares.
The entire sown space as of June 16 included 271,100 hectares of spring wheat, 810,000 hectares of barley, 138,500 hectares of peas, 146,200 hectares of oats, 4 million hectares of corn and different commodities.
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