Russia started the planting campaign of winter crops

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APK-Inform

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As of August 10, some regions of Russia started planting winter crops for the harvest-2021. The planted areas reached 25.3 thsd ha, or 0.1% of the forecast, declared the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

Also, as of the reporting date Russian agrarians harvested grains and pulses throughout 21.4 mln ha, or 44.6% of the forecast. The production volumes totaled 73.5 mln tonnes of grains, with the average yield of 3.43 t/ha.

In particular, agrarians harvested 57.6 mln tonnes of wheat throughout 15.7 mln ha (53.4%), with the yield of 3.67 t/ha. Also, Russia harvested 11.2 mln tonnes of barley throughout 3.6 mln ha (42.4%), with the yield of 3.08 t/ha.

Agrarians continued harvesting winter rapeseed, and as of August 10 the areas reached 281.6 thsd ha (18.9%). The production volumes reached 661.1 thsd tonnes, with the yield of 2.35 t/ha.

In addition, agrarians of Krasnodar Krai harvested 146.3 thsd tonnes of sugar beet throughout 3.3 thsd ha, with the yield of 44.33 t/ha.

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