Russia planted spring grains throughout over 28 mln ha — Ministry of Agriculture

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As of June 10, Russia planted all spring crops throughout the general areas of 49.6 mln ha, or 94.9% of the forecast (on the same date in 2018 — 48 mln ha), declared the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

At the same time, agrarians planted spring grains throughout 28.7 mln ha, or 97.1% of the forecasted areas (in 2018 — 28 mln ha). In particular, the planted areas under spring barley reached 7.9 mln ha (100.7%), spring wheat — 11.9 mln ha (97.7%), corn for grain — 2.6 mln ha (101.1%), and rice — 184.3 thsd ha (95.9%).

In addition, Russia planted sunflower seed throughout 8.1 mln ha (104.4%), spring rapeseed — 1.4 mln ha (95.5%), and soybeans — 2.6 mln ha (84.6%).

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