As of September 16, Russian agrarians harvested grains and pulses throughout the areas of 37.8 mln ha. The production volumes reached 100 mln tonnes of grain with the average yield of 2.65 t/ha, reported the press-service of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia.
In particular, agrarians harvested 71.1 mln tonnes of wheat throughout 24.7 mln ha with the yield of 2.88 t/ha. Also, Russia harvested 17.6 mln tonnes of barley throughout 7.3 mln ha with the yield of 2.4 t/ha, 1.4 mln tonnes of corn throughout 315.7 thsd ha with the yield of 4.54 t/ha, 83.2 thsd tonnes of rice throughout 13.8 thsd ha with the yield of 6.49 t/ha.
Agrarians harvested 1.8 mln tonnes of rapeseed throughout 957.4 thsd ha with the yield of 1.88 t/ha, 2.6 mln tonnes of sunflower seed throughout 1.5 mln ha with the yield of 1.66 t/ha and 896.8 thsd tonnes of soybean throughout 541.5 thsd ha with the yield of 1.66 t/ha.
Besides, farmers harvested 6.6 mln tonnes of sugar beet throughout 175.4 thsd ha with the yield of 37.78 t/ha.
Russian agrarians planted winter crops throughout 8.8 mln ha.