UAC News

As of June 25, harvesting was already in progress in most of the Steppe zone of Ukraine. The average yields there are lower than last year; the harvest areas are comparable with 2017. On average, winter barley and winter wheat yields are down 3% and 5%, respectively. For now, only Odesa region shows higher yields against last year. It partially offsets the more significant decline in the average grain yields in the Steppe.

Astarta Holding reported its operating results for Q1 2018. So, in the first three months of 2018, soybean oil and soybean meal sales increased 14% and 10%, respectively.

Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says that Ukraine can double the volumes of agricultural production.

Spring planting in Ukraine is drawing to an end. Smaller-than-projected areas have been planted to almost all cereals, both major and niche ones.