Sunflower harvest may exceed 15M tonnes this year - UCAB

"In the 2020/21 marketing year, the harvest of sunflowers is expected at the level of 15.1 million tonnes. This figure is 15% higher than last year and will almost reach the maximum output volume recorded in 2019," the report says.

At the same time, the growth is expected due to higher (by 15%) yield compared to last year's figures, as well as due to an increase in sown areas (by 2%).

As Ukrinform reported, at the end of September, the association Ukroliyaprom predicted that Ukraine would harvest more than 22 million tonnes of oilseeds this year, which is 20.2% more than last year, including more than 16 million tonnes of sunflower seeds.

According to data provided by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy as of October 1, sunflowers were harvested from an area of 2.7 million hectares (42% across Ukraine) with a yield of 21.6 centners per hectare. Most of sunflowers were harvested in Kherson region - 93% of the forecast. The highest yield was recorded in Khmelnytskyi region - 34.2 centners per hectare.

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