Russia: Ministry of Agriculture expects for grain harvest in the current year at 110 mln tonnes

Source

APK-Inform

7697

The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia admits the possibility that the general grain harvest in the country in the current year will reach 110 mln tonnes, declared the Minister, Alexander Tkachev on June 29.

According to him, results in the beginning of the harvesting campaign allow making such forecasts. The weather conditions favor for the current field works. The harvesting campaign rates exceed the previous year results in nearly 2 times. Therefore, if the weather is really good during the harvesting period, then Russia will produce 110 mln tonnes of grains at best.

At the same time, A.Tkachev noted that to date, the Ministry still keeps its official estimation of the indicator at the level of 106 mln tonnes.

Advertising

Enter