Ukraine's MHP agroholding harvests 285,000 tonnes of wheat in 2024 season, starts sowing winter crops for 2025 harvest

MOSCOW. Aug 23 (Interfax) - Ukraine's MHP agroholding has completed the harvest of early grain crops and collected 285,000 tonnes of wheat, Ukrainian media reported, citing the press service of the agroholding on social media.

"We are pleased with the harvest results. The largest areas this year among winter crops in the company were sown with wheat at nearly 40,000 hectares and rapeseed at 34,000 hectares. The yield of wheat was 7.2 c/ha and rapeseed was 3.6 t/ha. Mustard, a niche crop, was also as good indicator for us at 1.3 t/ha," MHP Deputy Executive Director for Agribusiness Sergei Dobrogorsky said in the press release.

Dobrogorsky said that precision farming equipment was used during the harvest, with two-thirds of the area of early grain crops harvested using yield mapping.

MHP also said that the holding has already begun the sowing campaign for winter crops for the 2025 harvest.

MHP is the largest producer of chicken in Ukraine, and it also produces grains, sunflower oil, and processed meat products. The founder, majority shareholder and executive board chairman of MHP is Ukrainian businessman Yury Kosyuk.