During the first 2 weeks after the start of the campaign for harvesting grain of the 1st group in Moldova, the harvest was harvested from 12% of the sown area, 268.4 thousand tons of wheat have been obtained so far, its average yield is 4.5 tons per hectare - Ministry of Agriculture.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment, according to the information provided by the units responsible for the agricultural sector in the district councils, due to the specific climatic conditions, the harvesting of grain I group and other crops began with a delay of 10 to 14 days. Thus, to date, wheat has been harvested from an area of about 59 thousand hectares, the total wheat harvest has so far amounted to 268,414 tons with an average yield in the country of 4.5 tons of wheat per hectare. As noted in the sectoral department, the situation with the harvesting of wheat in the regions differs both in area and volume, and in yield. Thus, 23,400 tons of wheat were harvested in the Orhei region, 20,250 tons in Ungheni, 19,238 tons in ATU Gagauzia, and up to 6-8 thousand tons in Edinet, Drochia, Cahul and other districts with a preliminary average yield of 5.5 tons per hectare in the Criuleni region, 5 tons per hectare in the Drochia and Falesti districts, 4.9 tons per hectare in the Floresti region and up to 3.8 tons per hectare in the Orhei region. According to preliminary data, barley has now been harvested from a total area of about 37054 hectares, the total yield amounted to 148.88 thousand tons with an average yield of 4 tons of barley per hectare in the country. The Ministry of Agriculture noted that in general, in the first two weeks after the start of the campaign for harvesting grain of the 1st group, the crop was harvested from about 12% of the sown area. This agricultural year, about 318 thousand hectares of wheat were sown in the country, which is 4% more than last year, and 64 thousand hectares of barley, which is 18% more than in 2020. The harvest of various vegetables is in full swing: onions, carrots, cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, beets, zucchini, etc. //22.07.2021 — InfoMarket.
