OREANDA-NEWS. November 12, 2009. Zaporizhstal subsidiary farms have finished harvesting of sunflowers. Sunflower seeds have been harvested on a territory of 1400 hectares. The bulk yield amounted to 2265 tons at an average crop capacity of 16.4 metric centners from 1 hectare. This is almost 4 metric centners more, than last year. The farmers are satisfied with the output yield. “Zhovtneviy” Ltd harvested the majority of sunflowers, i.e. about 1000 tons. The crop capacity was 18.5 metric centners from 1 hectare. “Druzhba” JSC was the second — 800 tons. Half of the sunflowers, i.e. 1114 tons, were delivered to Zaporizhstal JSC Agrocomplex for processing. Very soon excellent oil will be produced from these sunflowers.

Farmers from “Ukraina-Nova” have worked 100 hectares of maize. 287 tons of crops have been harvested. The average crop capacity amounted to 28.7 metric centners. It must be mentioned that more land was planted with maize this year. The crops will be utilized as fodder for cattle.

Sowing of winter barley is over at the subsidiary farms. It was planned to sow 608 hectares with barley but the farmers sowed 30 hectares more. This year the harvest of barley was higher than wheat. It has become quite profitable to use barley as forage.