Harvest 2026: Ukrainian Farmers Have Harvested 75% of the Projected Area

As of November 3, Ukrainian farmers had harvested 44.6 million metric tons of grain and legume crops.
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As of November 3, Ukrainian farmers had harvested 44.6 million metric tons of grain and legume crops. The harvest campaign covered 8,706,300 hectares, which accounts for 75.1% of the planned area. The average yield reached 51.2 centners per hectare. This was reported by Dengi.ua, citing data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture.

The total volume of harvested oilseeds, including sunflower, soybeans, and rapeseed, amounted to 17.5 million metric tons.

The harvest of wheat, barley, peas, and rapeseed has already been completed. Specifically, the following results were obtained:

  • 26,259,700 metric tons of wheat were harvested from an area of 5,120,500 hectares. The average yield was 51.3 centners per hectare;
  • 6,599,200 metric tons of barley were harvested from 1,483,100 hectares, with a yield of 44.5 centners per hectare;
  • The pea harvest reached 834,100 metric tons from 302,200 hectares, with an average yield of 27.6 centners per hectare;
  • 3,896,900 metric tons of rapeseed (winter and spring) were harvested from an area of 1,328,900 hectares, with a yield of 29.3 centners per hectare.

In terms of threshed area, the Odesa region leads among the regions, with 1,262,500 hectares processed. The highest yield figures were recorded in the Chernihiv region—79.4 centners per hectare. It is followed by Khmelnytskyi (72.3 c/ha), Sumy (69.7 c/ha), Chernivtsi (65.6 c/ha), Vinnytsia (64.1 c/ha), and Kharkiv (60.9 c/ha) regions.

Meanwhile, the harvest of late-season crops continues in Ukraine. The following results have been reported for specific crops:

  • Corn: 10,775,600 metric tons have been harvested from an area of 1,715,200 hectares, or 37.5% of the forecast. The average yield is 62.8 centners per hectare.
  • Buckwheat: 60,600 metric tons have been harvested from 46,600 hectares, which corresponds to 95.9% of the planned area. The yield is 13.0 centners per hectare.
  • Millet: 89,900 metric tons were harvested from 38,800 hectares (94.9% of the projected area) at a yield of 23.2 centners per hectare.
  • Sugar beets: 5,069,200 metric tons have been harvested from 102,200 hectares, or 59.8% of the planned area. The average yield is 496.1 centners per hectare.
  • Sunflowers: The gross harvest reached 10,338,900 metric tons from 4,648,700 hectares (88.7% of the forecast). The yield is 22.2 centners per hectare.
  • Soybeans: Farmers harvested 3,229,500 metric tons from an area of 1,491,700 hectares, which represents 92.9% of the projected area. The average yield was 21.6 centners per hectare.


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