Favourable weather has put Ukraine on course for its biggest harvest since gaining independence 22 years ago, UkrAgroConsult, raising its estimate for the corn crop top a record 21.2m tonnes.
The growing season ahead of the 2013 harvest started, well allowing farmers to plant “most intended areas to winter grains within optimal time frames” – meaning that crops “entered the winter in largely good and satisfactory condition”, the influential analysis group said.
