November 9, 2005

Ukraine harvested 6.42 million tonnes of corn to Nov 7
 

Ukraine harvested 6.42 million tonnes of corn to Nov 7 on 1.49 million hectares, or 86 percent of the total area to be harvested, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday.

The average yield to date was 4.31 tonnes/hectare.

On the same date last year 6.63 million tonnes was harvested on 1.65 million hectares with the average yield of 4.06 tonnes/hectare.