Article: Ukraine's Ministry of Agrarian Policy increases 2009 grain harvest forecast by 3 mln tonnes.

Ukraine's Ministry of Agrarian Policy increases 2009 grain harvest forecast by 3 mln tonnes

KYIV. Sept 9 (Interfax) - Ukraine's Ministry of Agrarian Policy has increased its forecast for the 2009 grain harvest from 42 million-43 million tonnes to 45 million tonnes, Minister Yury Melnik told journalists in Kyiv on Wednesday.

"We hope that by including corn in the [pre-processing] weight the harvest could come to around 45 million tonnes," he said.

He added that by factoring a forecast increase in the harvest, the ministry had also boosted its forecast for grain export in the current agricultural year (July 2009-June 2010) from 17 million tonnes ...

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