It is reported by «Golos Ukrainy».

In early December the weather conditions were frosty with strong winds, but despite this, farmers continued sugar beet harvesting. In particular, the most active campaign was in Rivne, where sugar beet crop to be harvested on the area of ​​1,5 thousand hectares, Khmelnytsk region (over 1 thousand hectares), Ternopil (900 hectares) and Lviv regions. It is hoped that the crop residues will not remain in the fields, but will be processed. 

Of course, the sugar amount, given the transitional stocks and the declining population of the country, should be enough for domestic consumption.

Unfavorable weather conditions became the main reason for the year of poor crops. After all, the harvested area was almost at the last year's level, but drought reduced beet yield, compared to 2019, by almost 4 t/ha — to 42,27 t/ha.  

In terms of regions, the biggest sugar beet croppage has traditionally been received in Vinnytsia region — more than 2,1 million tonnes, an average of 43,53 t/ha. One million tonnes of beets were harvested in Poltava region, where the large area was sown with sugar beets, but due to unfavorable weather conditions the crops did not get the necessary conditions. As a result, farms harvested 39,5 t/ha, although last year the yield was 42,64 t/ha.

Cherkasy (32,91 t/ha) and Kirovohrad region (29,12 t/ha) also got disappointing beet yields. Donetsk region registered the decresed yields too (21,33 t/ha), however, this year, the sown area amounted only 400 ha of beets.

Volyn (55 t/ha) and Lviv regions (51,8 t/ha) became the leaders in beet yields and harvested, respectively, 7,9 thousand hectares and 12,6 thousand hectares.