Landkom kicks off summer harvest campaign

Landkom International (LKI LN) announced this morning in a press release that it has started harvesting its principal crop, oilseed rape. The harvest campaign is to take four weeks, subject to weather conditions. Landkom also said it plans to imminently begin harvesting wheat until the beginning of September. During this period, the agricultural producer will also start winter planting. Landkom indicated that it completed harvesting of minor crops in Western Ukraine, including 600 ha of barley planted in 2008; the company achieved an average dry yield of 3.6 mt per ha of barley.