Russia started harvesting barley, Ukraine continued harvesting barley and wheat
RUSSIA. Harvesting is now unfolding in the south of Russia. As of June 15, farmers in Krasnodar region (the Southern federal district) had harvested 226.5 KMT of winter barley from 38.4 Th ha with an average yield of 5.9 MT/ha, reports UkrAgroConsult.
At the same time, growers in Stavropol region (North-Caucasian federal district) harvested barley from 500 ha. The total harvest area in Stavropol region will be 2.15 Ml ha, including over 1.8 Ml ha of winter wheat.
Harvesting of winter wheat will begin in the south of the country shortly.
At the same time, the longest seeding in 40 years continues in Omsk region (the Siberian federal district). It is over in southern and central parts of the region, while being just 30% - 70% complete in its north. Some farmers in the region still continue sowing wheat, though this crop will ripen no sooner than the middle of October.
Russia. Sowing progress, June 18, 2018
|
Crops |
Planned area, Th ha |
Planted, Th ha |
% complete |
Lag in sowing vs 2017 (%) |
|
|
2018 |
2017 |
||||
|
Total spring crops |
53371 |
44621 |
47033 |
83.6 |
-5 |
|
Spring grains and pulses |
31022 |
25812 |
28747 |
83.2 |
-10 |
|
Spring wheat |
12927 |
10337 |
12479 |
80.0 |
-17 |
|
Barley |
7637 |
6955 |
7078 |
91.0 |
-2 |
|
Corn |
3011 |
2515 |
2865 |
83.5 |
-12 |
|
Rice |
184 |
160 |
173 |
87.0 |
-7 |
UKRAINE. Harvesting is already in progress in five regions of Ukraine: Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv, Odesa and Kherson. As a reminder, this year’s harvesting started 10 days earlier than last year and 17 days earlier than in 2016.
Ukraine. Harvesting progress, June 18, 2018
|
Crops |
Planned area, Th ha |
Threshed, |
% |
Harvested, KMT |
Yield, MT/ha |
|||
|
2018 |
2017 |
2018 |
2017 |
2018 |
2017 |
|||
|
Early grains and pulses |
9572 |
86 |
- |
0.9 |
281 |
- |
3.26 |
- |
|
Winter wheat |
6278 |
4 |
- |
0.1 |
10 |
- |
2.62 |
- |
|
Winter barley |
826 |
81 |
- |
9.8 |
268 |
- |
3.30 |
- |
|
Peas |
423 |
1 |
- |
0.2 |
2 |
- |
2.27 |
- |
More information on crop conditions and progress in planting/harvesting in the countries of Black Sea Region is available to subscribers for weekly market report "Black Sea Grain" by UkrAgroConsult.
