As of September 1, Russia harvested nearly 90 mln tonnes of grains – Rosstat

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As of September 1, 2016, the general production of spring grains and pulses in Russian agricultural organizations reached 88.7 mln tonnes in bunker weight, an increase of 25.6% compared with the same date last year, announced the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation (Rosstat).

According to the announcement, the agricultural organizations, which concentrated 67.9% of the whole planted areas under grains and pulses (excluding corn), harvested the crops throughout 21.5 mln ha, or 71.9% of the planted areas, against 18.6 mln ha on September 1, 2015. The production volumes reached 63 mln tonnes, the average yield totaled 2.94 t/ha (on September 1, 2015 — 51.6 mln tonnes and 2.78 t/ha, respectively).

In particular, wheat production in agricultural organizations totaled 44.1 mln tonnes, against 35.5 mln tonnes on the same date last year. The average yield totaled 3.34 t/ha, against 3.09 t/ha, Rosstat specified.

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