Ukraine Corn: Favorable August Weather Boosts Yield in the West

Ukraine Corn: Favorable August Weather Boosts Yield in the West

Ukraine corn production for marketing year 2022/23 is estimated at 31.5 million metric tons, up 5 percent from last month but down 25 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 7.00 tons per hectare, up 5 percent from last month, but down 9 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 4.5 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but down 18 percent from last year.

Yield is up month-to-month due to favorable rainfall and minimal heat stress days throughout August in the western corn growing regions. Crop conditions, particularly in the oblasts bordering Moldova and Romania, improved since last month. Crop conditions throughout the rest of the corn belt, circled in red on the map, remained above average. Harvest began in early September. USDA crop production estimates for Ukraine include estimated output from Crimea and Ukrainian oblasts currently under Russian control due to the war.