Ukraine’s wheat harvest is to rise by 13% this year
Wednesday, July 10, 2019


Ukraine’s wheat harvest is to rise by 13% this year, to 28.2 million tons, according to a Reuters poll. Exports should rise by 18%, to 19.1 million tons. Russia’s wheat harvest should increase by 9% to 78.5 million tons. Russia’s exports should rise by 2%, to 36.6 million tons. In Kazakhstan, Central Asia’s largest grain producer, the wheat harvest is expected to drop by 2%, 13.7 million tons. Exports should drop by 12%, to 7.5 million tons. As of Monday, Ukrainian farmers threshed 7.3 million tons of winter wheat, one-third of the forecast.