He said that about 1.6 million tonnes of corn has yet to be harvested from 450,000 hectares.

Melnyk said the country could see a final harvest of over 55 million tonnes of grain. The residual weight of the grain will total 51 million tonnes, he said.

The minister also said farmers had fully harvested 6.8 million tonnes of sunflower seeds, with the crop yield being 16.3 centners per hectare.

He said that it is a record yield of this crop over the last 15 years. The minimum price for sunflower seeds is currently Hr 1,561 per tonne.

Melnyk also said that farming businesses had completed the harvest of 14.3 million tonnes of sugar beet, with the crop yield being 376 centners per hectare.