As of October 11, farmers in Ukraine harvested 62.2 million tons of new crops from an area of ​​16.8 million hectares.

This is according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, reports Ukrinform.

Overall, Ukraine harvested 40.2 million tons of cereals, 14 million tons of oilseeds and almost 5 million tons of sugar beet.

In particular, Ukrainian farmers collected 22,3 million tons of wheat from 4,9 million hectares, 5,5 million tons of barley from 1,4 million hectares and 465,3 thousand tons of peas from 212,2 thousand hectares.

In addition, farmers harvested 10.6 million tons of corn. The sunflower crop reached 8.8 million tons from 4.3 million hectares.

The leaders in terms of gross wheat harvest are farmers in Odesa region - 4.2 million tons, Poltava region - 3.5 million tons and Kirovohrad region - 2.7 million tons.

In terms of grain yield, farmers in Khmelnytskyi region have the best results - 65,5 c/ha, followed by farmers in Bukovyna - 63 c/ha and Ivano-Frankivsk region - 60,2 c/ha.

The ministry added that sugar beet harvesting is underway in 12 regions.

As reported, as of October 11, Vinnytsia region farmers harvested 2.8 million tons of grain.