The buckwheat yield in the Kirovohrad region at 1 ton per hectare is below the break-even point.

Only 1 t/ha of buckwheat was harvested from an area of 15 ha. In the agricultural firm from the city of Bobrynets in the Kirovohrad region, buckwheat was grown this year on 15 ha, with a yield of 1 t/ha. Agronomist Olga Zhovtenko says that she does not remember such a low yield. This is reported by Suspilne.Kropyvnytskyi. As Olga Zhovtenko notes, buckwheat is a moisture-loving crop, and recent summers in the region have been dry, making good yields impossible. And with such a low yield, growing buckwheat becomes unprofitable. For example, last year, 1 t of yield was sold for 12 thousand UAH, this year the price of buckwheat is higher – 16 thousand UAH/t. However, the cost of growing it is 20 thousand/ha, so the farm is at a loss. To avoid going completely into the red, the harvest is processed into groats and sold on-site for 25 UAH per kilogram. As the head of the Plant Production Department of the Department of Agro-Industrial Development, Hryhoriy Arsiriy, said, in 2025, the ...