Russia planted spring grains throughout over 29 mln ha — Ministry of Agriculture

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APK-Inform

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Since the beginning of 2017/18 MY, and as of June 21, Russian agrarians planted spring crops throughout the general areas of 51.7 mln ha, or 96.8% of the forecast (in 2017 — 51.1 mln ha), declared the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

In particular, agrarians planted spring grains and pulses throughout 29.8 mln ha, or 96.1% of the planned areas, as opposed to 30.8 mln ha on the same date last year.

So, the planted areas under spring wheat reached 12.2 mln ha (94.3% of the forecast), spring barley — 7.8 mln ha (101.5%), corn for grain — 2.6 mln ha (87.6%), and rice — 166.6 thsd ha (90.4%). In addition, sunflower seed areas totaled 7.9 mln ha (104.8% of the forecast), spring rapeseed — 1.4 mln ha (129.5%), and soybeans — 2.8 mln ha (104.3%).

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