Winter onion on 20 hectares requires 8 million UAH in investments and yields a profitability of 50%

The winter onion project covering 20 hectares requires around 8 million UAH in investments and predicts a gross income of 12 million UAH, with a corresponding profitability of 50%. Vitaliy Bilan, founder of the "Pan Bilan" farm, writes about this in his article for the "Plantator" magazine. "For this, it is important to correctly distribute the varieties according to their ripening periods. Early hybrids yield a smaller harvest, but you can get a price of 21-22 UAH/kg for them at the end of May to the beginning of June. Then come varieties with a higher marketable share of the product, followed by late ones. This allows the harvest season to be extended by 50 days—from the last decade of May to the first decade of July," he notes. Before the start of the spring onion harvest in August, there are 1-1.5 months left for selling winter onions, the expert emphasizes. The harvest is dried in the field for 7-8 days, then stored in ventilated containers for another 2-3 months. Winter ...