The soybean harvest in 2022 was 250,000 tons larger than a year earlier in Ukraine

Published Mar 22, 2023

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In 2022, Ukrainian farmers saw an increase in soybean harvest, producing 3.74 million tons from 99.6% of the planned area, up by 250 thousand tons from the previous year. This increase is attributed to an increase in sowing area despite military aggression, rising from 1.3 million hectares in 2021 to 1.5 million hectares in 2022. However, the average yield per hectare decreased from 26.4 to 24.3 tons due to unfavorable weather and improper technology use. For 2023, projections indicate a further increase in soybean sowing area to 1.841 million hectares, with harvest expectations at 3.9 million tons.

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According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Ukrainian farmers harvested 3.74 million tons of soybeans from 99.6% of the area in 2022. And this is 250 thousand tons more than in 2021 (according to the State Statistics Service, in 2021 the soybean harvest was 3.49 million tons). This is explained by the fact that, despite the general reduction of cultivated areas in Ukraine due to Russian military aggression, Ukrainian farmers sowed more soybeans in 2022 than last year - 1.5 million hectares against last year's 1.3 million hectares. At the same time, the average crop yield in 2022 was 24.3 t/ha, while a year earlier it was 26.4 t/ha. The decrease in productivity is due to unfavorable weather ...

Source: Agrotimes