16 August 2017
On August 9, IMC completed harvesting of winter wheat. About 78.1 thousand tonnes of grain were harvested from an area of 13.7 thousand hectares. The gross yield was 5.7 t/ha, which is 19% more than in 2016 and a record for all 11 seasons of winter wheat growing of IMC.
"Despite the difficult weather conditions both during sowing of winter crops in autumn 2016, and during the growing season and at the stage of ripening of grain, production team of IMC has achieved good result on winter wheat due to the intensification of cultivation technology, namely the choice of high productivity grades of foreign selection, improved fertilization system and crop protection system", - commented on the results of winter wheat harvesting Oleksandr Verzhykhovskyi, Chief Operating Officer of IMC.
We also note that in Y2016 IMC demonstrated record-high yields of late crops – corn gross yield made 9.1t/ha, soybeans – 3.4t/ha, sunflower seeds – 3.0t/ha.
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