Ukraine’s late crop yield might fall by up to 15 per cent in most regions due to extreme heat, the acting farm minister said on Monday, while the average early crop is expected to shrink by only by five per cent.
Ukraine saw several record high temperatures last month, and up to 39-40 degrees Celsius in some regions, according to the state hydrometeorological centre.
Taras Vysotskyi, the acting minister, told national TV that the early crop yield had not been critically affected by the heat. Southern and eastern regions saw a 10-15 per cent fall, which had been partly offset by increases in other regions, he added.
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“On average in the country, the [early crop] result will be somewhere around five per cent less,” he said.
Earlier this month, state weather forecasters and producers forecast there could be a 20-30 per cent decline in the harvest of late crops in central, southern, and eastern regions due to extreme heat.
As of Friday, Ukraine had harvested around 20 million metric tons of grains, according to the farm ministry.
In June, the ministry raised its forecast for the 2024 grain harvest to 56 million tons from 52.4 million. Together with oilseeds, the crop could total 77 million tons, it said at that time.
—Reporting for Reuters by Yuliia Dysa
