According to the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center, the average yield of winter wheat is expected to reach 3.3 t/ha, against 4 t/ha in 2014 (down 8%), declared Nikolai Kulbida, Director of the Hydrometeorological Center, on March 5.

According to him, the winter grain harvest will total 21-22 mln tonnes (in 2014 - 24.3 mln tonnes) in terms of favorable weather conditions.

N.Kulbida noted that despite the short-term but significant drop of air temperatures in the winter, the soil temperature at a depth of tillering node varied within 3-12°C below zero.

But according to him, the planted areas of winter crops, which condition was estimated as unsatisfactory, totaled 1.2 mln ha, or 15% of the general planted areas.

Source - http://finchannel.com/