Since the beginning of 2017/18 MY, and as of June 7, Russian agrarians planted spring crops throughout the general areas of 46.7 mln ha, or 87.6% of the forecast (in 2017 — 49.5 mln ha), declared the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.
In particular, agrarians planted spring grains and pulses throughout 27.3 mln ha, or 88% of the planned areas, as opposed to 30.2 mln ha on the same date last year.
So, the planted areas under spring wheat reached 11.2 mln ha (86.4% of the forecast), spring barley — 7.2 mln ha (94%), corn for grain — 2.6 mln ha (85.1%), and rice — 162 thsd ha (87.9%). In addition, sunflower seed areas totaled 7.7 mln ha (102.2% of the forecast), spring rapeseed — 1.3 mln ha (121.7%), and soybeans — 2.5 mln ha (93.5%).
