As of August 22, Russian agrarians continued harvesting grains and pulses. Agrarians harvested grain crops throughout the areas of 26.2 mln ha (on the same date in 2015 — 22.3 mln ha), or 55.4% of the planned areas (47.3 mln ha). The produced volumes reached 80.7 mln tonnes of grains, with the average yield of 3.08 t/ha (in 2015 – 62.7 mln tonnes with the yield of 2.81 t/ha), reported the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.
In particular, agrarians harvested winter and spring wheat throughout 16.6 mln ha (59.9% of the plan). The produced volumes reached 57.5 mln tonnes, with the yield of 3.47 t/ha.
Russia harvested 14.5 mln tonnes of winter and spring barley throughout 5.8 mln ha (69%). The average yield totaled 2.52 t/ha.
Krasnodar and Stavropol Krais started harvesting corn. Agrarians harvested the grain throughout 1.2 thsd ha, and produced 7.2 thsd tonnes of corn, with the average yield at 5.89 t/ha.
Also, Russia harvested winter rapeseed throughout 132.7 thsd ha (13.3%), and produced 223.7 thsd tonnes of the oilseed, with the average yield of 1.69 t/ha.
Agrarians of Krasnodar and Stavropol Krais, the Republic of Adygea started the sunflower harvesting campaign. Agrarians harvested 7.9 thsd tonnes of the oilseed throughout 3.5 thsd ha. The average yield totaled 2.23 t/ha.
Also, agrarians of Krasnodar Krai started harvesting soybeans: the harvested areas reached 11.7 thsd ha, the production - 21.3 thsd tonnes, the average yield – 1.82 t/ha.
Russia harvested flaxseed throughout 17.7 thsd ha only, or 36.7% of the planted areas.
As of August 22, Russian agrarians planted winter crops for the harvest-2017 throughout 709.3 thsd ha, or 4.1% of the planned areas (in 2015 — 436.8 thsd ha).
