In 2016, Russia to harvest record grain volumes – Rusagrotrans

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In 2016, the general grain harvest in Russia will reach 110 mln tonnes, which will become the record index for the country, announced the Deputy Director of the strategic management department at Rusagrotrans CJSC, Igor Pavensky on July 4.

According to the expert, Rusagrotrans raised its estimations of the index from 108.1 mln tonnes to 110 mln tonnes. If the forecast comes true, in 2016 Russia will produce the record harvest in the post-Soviet period, and exceed the previous maximum index of 2008 (108.2 mln tonnes).

In particular, the harvest volumes of wheat can also reach the historical maximum at 65.3 mln tonnes, exceeding the results of 2008 (63.8 mln tonnes). At the same time, winter wheat areas faced rather low loss rates in the winter, and mainly developed in favorable weather conditions in the spring and summer period, said I.Pavensky.

Also, corn harvest will break another record, and its production volumes will increase to 13.8 mln tonnes, up nearly 4.5% compared with the previous peak reached last year.

Rusagrotrans forecasted the growth of barley production by 0.4 mln tonnes compared with last year - to 17.9 mln tonnes.

All major grain-producing regions of Russia will increase its production indices in the current year, the expert added.

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