Russia harvested 37 mln tonnes of grains – Ministry of Agriculture

Source

APK-Inform

1593

As of July 30, Russian agrarians harvested grain crops and pulses throughout 11 mln ha (in 2014 – 13.2 mln ha), or 23.5% of the planned areas. The produced volumes reached 37 mln tonnes (in 2014 – 45.4 mln tonnes), with the average yield of 3.38 t/ha (3.43 t/ha), declared the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

In particular, Russia harvested winter and spring wheat throughout the areas of 8.3 mln ha, or 31.1% of the plan (in 2014 – 10.2 mln ha), and produced 29.4 mln tonnes of the grain (37.2 mln tonnes), with the average yield of 3.56 t/ha (3.63 t/ha).

Agrarians harvested 3.4 mln tonnes of spring and winter barley (4.5 mln tonnes) throughout 1.4 mln ha, or 15.9% of the harvested areas (in 2014 – 1.5 mln ha). The average yield totaled 3 t/ha (3.04 t/ha).

As of the reporting date, Russian agrarians harvested rapeseed throughout 92.2 thsd ha or 8.8% of the plan (in 2014 – 230.2 thsd ha), and produced 148.5 thsd tonnes of the oilseed (in 2014 – 390.2 thsd tonnes). The average yield totaled 1.61 t/ha (1.7 t/ha).

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