Farmers in the Rivne region continue to harvest early grain and leguminous crops sown on 201 thousand ha, the Department of Agro-Industrial Development of the Rivne Regional State Administration said in a statement.

As of July 16, 2019, the average yield was 41.5 kg / ha.

The harvest of winter barley is already ending. The average barley yield in 2019 by agricultural enterprises is 49 kg / ha.

American white moth

Rivne agrarians threshed 24.5 thousand tons of winter rape with 29% of all sown land. The average yield of this crop was 25.8 c / ha. In addition, the farmers of the region have already begun harvesting winter wheat and peas.

Earlier it was reported that in the Rivne region was discovered a dangerous quarantine organism - the American white moth. Its populations were identified on the lands of the Goshchansky district, as well as the Babinskaya and Bugrinskaya united territorial communities, along the road to Sarny.

The insect is omnivorous and prolific, it causes great damage to agricultural land, as it eats about 200 crops. Their list includes: apple tree, plum, cherry, cherry, peach, pear, nut, etc.