Removing corn from the crop rotation reduces the yield of other crops by up to 15% in Ukraine

As of January 2024, another 10% of corn remains in poly. 3.6 million hectares were threshed, the harvest amounted to 28.3 million tons. Farmers of 11 regions have not collected all the corn yet. Most grain is wintered in the fields of Kherson region (45%) and Kharkiv region (38%). Farmers leave corn in the field en masse, because prices are very low, it is expensive to dry, and export is difficult. This year, many of them even plan to abandon corn altogether and switch to oilseed cultivation. However, not all farmers consider corn unprofitable. This is stated in a special project on Kurkul.com. Mykola Baibarak, a farmer from Kirovohrad Oblast, head of FG "Baybarak", said that this season his farm had no problems with corn. It was collected back in September, and it did not need additional drying. "Weather conditions helped us this year. In August, almost 2.5 months were dry. Therefore, our corn did not need additional drying. The yield is 5 t/ha at 12% humidity, says the farmer. ...