KYIV, April 30 – The Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture predicts that Ukrainian farmers will harvest 63-65 million metric tons of grain and leguminous crops in 2020 against the previously projected 60 million tons.

"Looking at the sown area, we expect the final gross grain production at the level of 63-65 million tons, which is 2.5 times more than the domestic market needs. We can formulate the final figure at the end of May, everything will depend on rains in this period. According to the forecast, they should be. Perhaps even the figure will be larger," Deputy Economy Minister Taras Vysotsky said on the air of Ukraine 24 TV Channel.