OREANDA-NEWS. ASTARTA's subsidiaries finished harvesting early grain crops on about 60 thousand hectares. The average yield of wheat is about 4.8 tonnes per ha, barley and rye - 3 tonnes per ha.

The yields in ASTARTA's farms increased 25-30% year over year and are more than 40% higher than the Ukrainian averages. Application of advanced agricultural technologies and investments in training of personnel strongly contributed to efficient crop growing and timely harvesting.

The best results are obtained in Poltava region. Yields of wheat at 6 tonnes per ha and barley at 4 tonnes per ha where achieved at some big farms. In the Western regions, yields stood behind due to excessive rains and extended cold weather in spring.

At present, the Group's subsidiaries are set to harvest technical crops and perform soil preparation for a new season. Conditions of corn, sugar beet, soybean and sunflower plantings are good and support optimism about the harvest.