As of May 1, Russia planted spring crops throughout over 5 mln ha — Rosstat

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As of May 1, 2018, agricultural organizations in Russia planted spring crops throughout the areas of 5.039 mln ha, a decrease of 20.8% compared with the same date last year. In particular, the planted areas under spring grains and pulses (excluding corn) totaled 2.024 mln ha (down 24.8%), reported the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) on May 17.

According to the announcement, the planted areas under spring wheat totaled 313 thsd ha, down 32.2% compared with the beginning of May 2017, corn for grain — 633 thsd ha (up 25.2%), sunflower seed — 911 thsd ha (down 18.9%), and sugar beet — 474 thsd ha (down 34.3%).

As of May 1, the Central, Southern, North Caucasian and Volga Federal Districts provided 96.1% of the whole areas within the planting campaign of spring crops in Russia.

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