Interesting facts about the Ukraine

[Veryfruity]

Years ago on a strawberry farm we had an amazing Ukrainian picker, she was unstoppable. Relentless. The other pickers called her John Deere. She saved all her money, living on potatoes and Tesco valu burgers.
When she went home she bought a 25 ha farm.

Perhaps productivity has a beauty all of its own.

 

[Bossfarmer]

I googled it last night, and found it had some of the most fertile land on the earth,
It grew about 30 million tonnes of grain in 2018, yet the average yield across the country was 4.6 tonnes per hectare, did make me wonder why,,, as that's less than 2 tonnes an acre
Will This be due to poor farmers not being able to buy fertiliser due to being a poor nation money wise,
Also see foreigners can not buy land at all, only Ukraine nationals can,
Of and some of there women are gorgeous

2t? the soil must be better here

 

[Captain Slack]

I googled it last night, and found it had some of the most fertile land on the earth,
It grew about 30 million tonnes of grain in 2018, yet the average yield across the country was 4.6 tonnes per hectare, did make me wonder why,,, as that's less than 2 tonnes an acre
Will This be due to poor farmers not being able to buy fertiliser due to being a poor nation money wise,
Also see foreigners can not buy land at all, only Ukraine nationals can,
Of and some of there women are gorgeous

During the 2nd world war German trains returning from the Ukraine were back loaded with black earth soil.

 

[unlacedgecko]

They pong a bit, the nightclub smelt like a particularly sweaty gym, and once they get to 30 odd and get a husband they expand a lot, but it was 20 years ago so maybe it's changed.

Sounds like most women the world over...

 

[spin cycle]

4th for rocket launchers...9th for defence exports ......so why are countries sending anti tank missiles

list sounds tosh to me

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

2t? the soil must be better here

Well you Google it and see if you get same results

 

[unlacedgecko]

4th for rocket launchers...9th for defence exports ......so why are countries sending anti tank missiles

list sounds tosh to me

Javelin far superior to RPG series

 

[Martin Holden]

Crumbs and I thought Mr Putin and all world leaders sought the good counsel of the TFF collective before making any decision.

Hah! What a thought! They wouldn’t understand the language and innuendoes!

 

[spin cycle]

Javelin far superior to RPG series

that is true.....i wonder who they export all the rpgs to

 

[PostHarvest]

the average yield across the country was 4.6 tonnes per hectare, did make me wonder why,,, as that's less than 2 tonnes an acre

A major reason for the low yields was the farming system that they inherited from the Soviet Union. Farm workers were paid the same whether they worked or they didn't. So mainly, they didn't. They were forced to farm following a rule book issued by the government which was ridiculous (but a bit like DEFRA is trying to foist on UK farms). Over there I often saw a 13 1/2 ton Kirovets K700 4WD tractor pulling a chain harrow and they used to over cultivate so they pounded the rich soil to dust.

A very successful American agronomist friend used to comment that Ukrainian farmers did everything they could to destroy soil moisture and structure. He managed a "trial plot" of about 250 acres on a former collective farm - as the foreigner, the farm manager gave him the worst land on the farm, but by choosing varieties that suited the climate and carrying out operations at the correct time according to the crop needs not the calendar, in his first year, the American grew maize and sunflower that yielded 3x the national average yield.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

A major reason for the low yields was the farming system that they inherited from the Soviet Union. Farm workers were paid the same whether they worked or they didn't. So mainly, they didn't. They were forced to farm following a rule book issued by the government which was ridiculous (but a bit like DEFRA is trying to foist on UK farms). Over there I often saw a 13 1/2 ton Kirovets K700 4WD tractor pulling a chain harrow and they used to over cultivate so they pounded the rich soil to dust.

A very successful American agronomist friend used to comment that Ukrainian farmers did everything they could to destroy soil moisture and structure. He managed a "trial plot" of about 250 acres on a former collective farm - as the foreigner, the farm manager gave him the worst land on the farm, but by choosing varieties that suited the climate and carrying out operations at the correct time according to the crop needs not the calendar, in his first year, the American grew maize and sunflower that yielded 3x the national average yield.

Very interesting, thanks for the explanation

 

[glasshouse]

During the 2nd world war German trains returning from the Ukraine were back loaded with black earth soil.

German soil is crap mostly

 

[glasshouse]

2t? the soil must be better here

No
Its a short season and gets very hot
Unlike cool damp scotland

 

[Still Farming]

Is This why ,this lot when out there wasting tax payer money ????

https://www.facebook.com/21226447182/posts/10158997348032183

 

[Bossfarmer]

German soil is crap mostly

Why?

 

[vantage]

Sounds like most women the world over...

Ah, obviously I need to tell the bachelor joke!
”Why do women wear makeup and perfume? Because they’re ugly and they smell!”

 

[Water Wheel]

No wonder this place is so interesting to world leaders (copied and paste from elsewhere)

How the nation of Ukraine ranks:

1st in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores;
2nd place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves
2nd place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores (2.3 billion tons, or 12% of the world's reserves);
2nd largest iron ore reserves in the world (30 billion tons);
2nd place in Europe in terms of mercury ore reserves;
3rd place in Europe (13th place in the world) in shale gas reserves (22 trillion cubic meters)
4th in the world by the total value of natural resources;
7th place in the world in coal reserves (33.9 billion tons)
Ukraine is an agricultural country:
1st in Europe in terms of arable land area;
3rd place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world's volume);
1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil;
2nd place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports;
3rd largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world;
4th largest producer of potatoes in the world;
5th largest rye producer in the world;
5th place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons);
8th place in the world in wheat exports;
9th place in the world in the production of chicken eggs;
16th place in the world in cheese exports.
Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people.
Ukraine is an industrialized country:
1st in Europe in ammonia production;
2-е Europe's and 4th largest natural gas pipeline system in the world (142.5 bln cubic meters of gas throughput capacity in the EU);
3rd largest in Europe and 8th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants;
3rd place in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of rail network length (21,700 km);
3rd place in the world (after the U.S. and France) in production of locators and locating equipment;
3rd largest iron exporter in the world
4th largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world;
4th world's largest manufacturer of rocket launchers;
4th place in the world in clay exports
4th place in the world in titanium exports
8th place in the world in exports of ores and concentrates;
9th place in the world in exports of defence industry products;
10th largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons).

Source: Andriy Futey
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Ukrainian World Congress ?

 

[Clive]

Source: Andriy Futey
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Ukrainian World Congress ?

tbh I lifted it from another social media site that was discussing financial markets reaction

 

[glasshouse]

Why?

Light sand

 

[icanshootwell]

No wonder this place is so interesting to world leaders (copied and paste from elsewhere)

How the nation of Ukraine ranks:

1st in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores;
2nd place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves
2nd place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores (2.3 billion tons, or 12% of the world's reserves);
2nd largest iron ore reserves in the world (30 billion tons);
2nd place in Europe in terms of mercury ore reserves;
3rd place in Europe (13th place in the world) in shale gas reserves (22 trillion cubic meters)
4th in the world by the total value of natural resources;
7th place in the world in coal reserves (33.9 billion tons)
Ukraine is an agricultural country:
1st in Europe in terms of arable land area;
3rd place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world's volume);
1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil;
2nd place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports;
3rd largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world;
4th largest producer of potatoes in the world;
5th largest rye producer in the world;
5th place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons);
8th place in the world in wheat exports;
9th place in the world in the production of chicken eggs;
16th place in the world in cheese exports.
Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people.
Ukraine is an industrialized country:
1st in Europe in ammonia production;
2-е Europe's and 4th largest natural gas pipeline system in the world (142.5 bln cubic meters of gas throughput capacity in the EU);
3rd largest in Europe and 8th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants;
3rd place in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of rail network length (21,700 km);
3rd place in the world (after the U.S. and France) in production of locators and locating equipment;
3rd largest iron exporter in the world
4th largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world;
4th world's largest manufacturer of rocket launchers;
4th place in the world in clay exports
4th place in the world in titanium exports
8th place in the world in exports of ores and concentrates;
9th place in the world in exports of defence industry products;
10th largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons).

Quiet on the farm is it.?
Have Germany paid for the soil they nicked from there yet.