Early FSU Harvest Results

Posted by Nogger - a legend in his own mind at 08:47 | Categorized as

28/06/11 -- Early barley harvesting is underway in the FSU, with results so far coming in significantly better than last year.

In the Krasnodar Region of Russia the local Ag Ministry report yields of 5.0 MT/ha, hugely better than the national average last year of just 1.2 MT/ha although those results are off a very small harvested area so far (1,500 ha).

In Ukraine things are a little more advanced with around 15,000 hectares cut as of June 24th and with yields so far coming in at just under 3.0 MT/ha, 50% up on the national yield of 2.0 MT/ha last year.

The last time Ukraine had yields like that was in the bumper pile it high and sell it cheap crop year of 2008.