As of July 9, Russian agrarians harvested grains and pulses throughout the areas of 5.2 mln ha. The production volumes reached 16.6 mln tonnes of grains, with the average yield of 3.22 t/ha, declared the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.
“In particular, agrarians harvested 12.6 mln tonnes of wheat throughout 3.8 mln ha, with the yield of 3.31 t/ha. Also, Russia harvested 2.5 mln tonnes of barley throughout 735.7 thsd ha, with the yield of 3.34 t/ha”, - was stated in the message.
Agrarians continued harvesting winter rapeseed, and as of July 9 the areas reached 97.3 thsd ha. The production volumes reached 188.5 thsd tonnes, with the yield of 1.94 t/ha.
As of the reporting data, the farmers of the Southern and North Caucasian Federal Districts as well as Saratov, Belgorod, Kursk, Samara and Voronezh oblasts started the field works.