Ukrainian farmers have completed the 2026 wheat harvest, yielding 26.26 million metric tons, which is 15.1% higher than the figure for the same date last year, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported on November 10.
According to the ministry, wheat was harvested from an area of 5.12 million hectares, compared to 5.05 million hectares as of November 7, 2025. Thus, the harvested area increased by 1.4%, while the gross yield rose by more than 15%.
The main factor behind the increase in production was a rise in average yield to 51.3 centners per hectare, compared to 45.2 centners per hectare a year earlier. The yield increase amounted to 13.4%.
As of the same date in 2025, Ukrainian farmers had harvested 22.82 million metric tons of wheat. Thus, this year’s result exceeds last year’s by 3.44 million metric tons.
The increase in yield, coupled with a slight expansion of planted area, indicates that productivity was the primary driver of the growth in gross harvest.
Wheat remains one of Ukraine’s primary grain crops, forming the raw material base for the flour milling industry, bread production, and grain exports.
According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, the total harvest of grains and legumes in Ukraine as of November 10 stood at 47.03 million metric tons from 9.16 million hectares, or 78.9% of the projected area.
Original source: Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, November 10, 2026.
