Russia planted spring grains throughout 30.7 mln ha — Ministry of Agriculture

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As of June 14, Russian agrarians planted spring crops throughout the areas of 50.4 mln ha, or 95.9% of the forecast (52.6 mln ha), which became somewhat lower compared with the index on the same date last year (51.2 mln ha). At the same time, the planted areas under spring grains reached 30.7 mln ha, or 99%, as opposed to 30.8 mln ha on the same date in 2015, declared the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

In particular, agrarians planted spring wheat throughout the areas of 13.6 mln ha (103.2% of the forecast), spring barley — 7.8 mln ha (96.1%), corn for grain – 2.8 mln ha (93%), and rice – 202.9 thsd ha (99.6%).

Also, Russia planted sunflower seed throughout over 6.9 mln ha (100.1%), spring rapeseed — 865.6 thsd ha (94.5%), soybeans – 1.8 mln ha (81.1%), and flaxseed — 44.1 thsd ha (85.5%).

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