Agricultural and Rural Ukraine
Current War Situation in Ukraine
Hospital was a target
- russians hit hospital in Sumy.
- Then they struck again as the building was being evacuated.
- At the time of the attacks, 86 patients and 38 staff members were in the hospital.
- Nine people were killed and 10 wounded.
P.S. Sumy city is located just 32 kilometers from the russian border
Photo source: https://www.bbc.com/
Attacks on Ukraine
- Kramatorsk (September 25): 2 people killed and 47 injured, including 3 children.
- Kryvyi Rih (September 27): 4 people killed, 6 were injured.
- russians also struck a bakery in Kharkiv: 1 person died, 8 were injured.
- Kharkiv (September 22): 21 people injured, including old and children.
Harvesting
September, 2024
- 50.4 mln tons of crops were threshed on an area of 14.2 mln ha.
- In total, 34.3 mln tons of grain, 13.6 mln tons of oilseeds and 2.5 mln tons of sugar beet were harvested.
Planting
September, 2024
Farmers planted 1,806.7 K ha of winter crops.
In total, 944.5 K ha have already been sown.
- winter wheat – 878.8 K ha;
- winter barley – 45 K ha;
- winter rye – 20.7 K ha;
- winter rapeseed – 862.2 K ha.
Export
September 27, 2024
- The volume of exports of grain and leguminous crops in 2024/25 MY amounted to 10.05 mln tons, which is 59% more than in the same period last season.
- 5.8 mln tons of wheat were exported, which is 86% more than last year’s volume. Thus, 35.8% of wheat from the total amount agreed in the grain memorandum (16.2 mln tons) was exported.
- Barley exports amounted to 1.25 mln tons (twice as much as last year).
- 7.5 K tons of rye were exported (11 times more than last season).
- 2.7 mln tons of corn were exported, which is 5% more than last season.
- Export of flour amounted to 18.3 K tons (48% less than last year).
- By rail most grain is exported to Poland and Romania.
- The average daily volume of the train cars with grain to Poland and Romania in September exceeds 50 units.
- The average daily volume of grain unloading in the ports of Greater Odessa is currently 992 train cars. During the week, the indicator increased by 28 units per day.
Photo source: Latifundist.com