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Ukrzernoprom Agro, one of the largest farming companies in Ukraine based in Kyiv, began gathering the 2010 harvest. On June 20 Ukrzernoprom Agro started the harvesting campaign of early grain crops in husbandries of Crimea and Odesa region," the company has announced in a statement. The company says early grain crops and rapeseed acreage for harvesting makes 57,900 hectares.

Sugar futures gained the most in almost two weeks on speculation that importers will increase purchases.

Ukraine planted spring grains on 7.48 million hectares, or just over 98% of the planned total area, to June 8, the agriculture ministry reported Thursday.

Corn futures are little changed, set for the first weekly gain in three weeks, after the U.S. pared its forecast for the nation’s inventory of the grain to the smallest since 2007 on higher demand from ethanol producers.