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AGROTON HARVESTING CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY

Agroton Public Limited’s 2010/2011 harvesting campaign in underway. Currently the Group is collecting sunflower from a cultivated area of 39 thousand hectares, and corn from a cultivated area of 9 thousand hectares.
As of September 13, 2011 the Group already has harvested 17 thousand hectares of sunflower with average yield 2.2 tonnes per hectare, and 3 thousand hectares of corn with average yield of 6.0 tonnes per hectare.
The table below sets out the comparison of average crop yields for the years indicated (in tones per hectares):
 
2011*
2010
2009
2008
2007
Sunflower seed…………..
2.2
1.7
1.6
1.7
2.0
Corn……………………………
6.0
1.7
2.9
2.3
1.6
* 2011 sunflower seed yield is based on 17/39 ths hectares harvested; 2011 corn yield is based on 3/9 ths hectares harvested.