It will be at the level of 60.2 to 63 million tons, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy. "According to preliminary data from the regions, the forecast of gross grain harvest in Ukraine in 2017/2018 MY, depending on the weather conditions, is expected to be between 60.2 and 63 million tons," the Ministry of Agrarian Policy said..

Chairman of the Ukrainian Grain Association Nikolai Gorbachev said that according to the forecasts of the association the harvest of cereals will be at the level of 63.7 million tons. In this case, the ratio of wheat 1-3 classes to 4-6 grade is 60:40.

In 2017, the crop was planted at a level of 26.9 million hectares, which is 152,000 hectares more than last year.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in Ukraine, early grains harvested from 70% of the area.