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Bloomberg: Researcher sees Ukraine’s grain harvest falling on lower yields

Published July 27, 2012 at 5:07 pm

Ukraineu2019s grain harvest declined to 20.5 million metric tons in the period from June through yesterday from 26.3 million tons a year earlier as average yields fell, agriculture researcher UkrAgroConsult said.

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Ukraine’s grain harvest declined to 20.5 million metric tons in the period from June through yesterday from 26.3 million tons a year earlier as average yields fell, agriculture researcher UkrAgroConsult said.

Average grain yields fell to 2.4 tons a hectare (2.47
acres) from 2.94 tons a year ago, the Kiev-based researcher said
in an e-mailed statement today.