Russia planted spring grains throughout 6.2 mln ha — Ministry of Agriculture

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As of April 28, Russian agrarians planted spring crops throughout the areas of 10.4 mln ha, or 19.8% of the forecast (52.6 mln ha), which significantly exceeded the index on the same date last year (7.8 mln ha). At the same time, the planted areas under spring grains reached 6.2 mln ha, or 20%, as opposed to 4.4 mln ha in 2015, declared the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

In particular, agrarians planted spring wheat throughout the areas of 861 thsd ha (6.5% of the forecast), spring barley — 2.9 mln ha (36.3%), corn for grain - 1.2 mln ha (40.9%), and rice – 19.7 thsd ha (9.7%).

Also, Russia planted sunflower seed throughout 1.6 mln ha (23.1%), spring rapeseed — 74.2 thsd ha (8.1%), and soybeans – 150.7 thsd ha (6.8%).

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