Ukraine: Grain and Feed Update
The MY 2015/16 wheat harvest reached 27.2 MMT, the largest crop since independence in 1990. Production for the rest of grains for MY 2015/16 decreased: corn – down to 23.2 MMT, over 18 percent decrease; barley – down to around 8.7 MMT, over 7 percent decrease; rye – down to 391 thousand MT, over 18 percent decrease, versus the previous MY. Ukraine is boosting grain exports to China while slowly increasing to the EU market as well. The milling industry is growing export volumes as well as diversifying market outlets.
