Ukraine 2018/19 wheat, barley harvest and exports to fall on drought.

Ukraine’s 2018/19 crop year wheat and barley harvest and exports due to a severe drought across the country. Wheat harvest forecast by 3% to 25.5 million tonnes and exports to 16 million tonnes from 17 million tonnes forecasted in May. The harvest of barley is likely to decrease by 4 percent to 7.1 million tonnes, while 2018/19 barley exports could fall to 3.7 million tonnes from the previous estimate of 4 million tonnes.