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Epicenter Agro completes harvest of early grain crops
KYIV. Aug 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Epicenter K Group of Companies, which has been developing the agricultural direction of Epicenter Agro since 2016, has completed the harvest of early grains, including high average yield of winter wheat at the level of 680.6 tonnes per ha, which is 50% above the average in Ukraine, the press service of the agricultural holding told Interfax-Ukraine on Friday.
"Together, all five clusters of the group collected at 680.6 tonnes per ha of wheat. The highest level of yield of wheat is in the Antonina clusters (Khmelnytsky region): 720.8 tonnes per ha on an area of 2,200 ha. The enterprises of the Northern cluster (Khmelnytsky region) showed high yields – 710.9 tonnes per ha on an area of 2,100 hectares," Head of the Elevator Direction Svitlana Nykytiuk said.
For comparison, she cited data from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, according to which the average yield of winter wheat of Ukrainian agricultural producers in the current season is 450.5 tonners per ha.
Nykytiuk said that the total area under winter wheat this season was 15,500 hectares. The approximate gross yield of this crop, according to her, can be estimated at 106,300 tonnes.
According to Production Director of Epicenter Agro Bohdan Cheremkha, the agricultural holding also harvested rapeseed from 7,900 hectares with an average yield of 380.3 tonners per ha. The harvest of this culture will be approximately 30,260 tonnes.
"In Vinnytsia and Northern clusters, the yield of seeds [rapeseed] amounted to 390.6 tonnes per ha and 390.5 tonnes per ha," Cheremkha said.
According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy as of August 19, the average rapeseed yield in Ukraine is 270.5 tonnes per ha.
According to the agricultural holding, by now the sowing of rapeseed for the harvest of the next season has been fully completed. The preparation of the soil for sowing winter wheat has begun, as well as the main cultivation of the soil for the spring crops of the next year.
