Farmers in Bukovina are harvesting soybeans with a yield of 2.63 tons per hectare.

In Bukovina, the soybean harvest is ongoing. This is one of the most common crops grown in the region. For the 2025 harvest, 64.6 thousand hectares were sown with the crop, which is 6.5% less than last year, according to the Chernivtsi Regional State Administration. According to operational data, farmers have already harvested from 43,900 hectares, threshing 115.5 thousand tons of soybeans, with an average yield of 2.63 tons per hectare. This year, frequent and prolonged rains have affected the pace of the harvest and the quality of the soybean crop. In late varieties, there was a longer maturation period, and the increased moisture content of the seeds complicates the threshing and drying process. "Regarding moisture: the optimal level for harvesting soybeans is 13–16%. Exceeding this indicator leads to the risk of self-heating, the appearance of mold, grain damage, and increased contamination," specialists note. According to preliminary estimates, the expected production of this ...