to 14.4 million tons, from 13.6 million tons last year, UkrAgroConsult predicts. The increase is due to an expansion in the sowed area, to 6.5 million hectares. The consultancy also forecast that Ukraine’s soybean and rapeseed (canola) harvests will be little changed this year. The nation is to harvest 3.9 million tons of soybeans and 2.5 million tons of rapeseed.