One piece of good news is that, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture, yield figures are rising as the harvest progresses from south to north. The average rapeseed yield in the southern regions of the country ranges from 2.8 to 3.0 metric tons per hectare, while in the central and northern regions it exceeds 3 metric tons per hectare; barley—4.5–4.6 metric tons per hectare, 4.7–4.8 metric tons per hectare, and 5.2–5.8 metric tons per hectare; wheat—4.6–4.7 metric tons per hectare, 5.2–5.5 metric tons per hectare, and 5.7–5.8 metric tons per hectare, respectively.
At present, the rapeseed and barley harvests in the south and center of the country are nearly complete, while the wheat harvest is in the “first third” stage. In the north of the country, for the most part, only barley has been harvested; many farms only began harvesting rapeseed and wheat at the start of last week. Nationwide, the wheat harvest has been completed on less than 20–25% of the total area (about 340,000 hectares).
A potential problem is that the unstable supply of diesel fuel to the agricultural sector and the likelihood of precipitation in late July and early August could slow down the harvest campaign, which is already proceeding at a relatively slow pace.
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