Russia harvested over 53 mln tonnes of wheat

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As of August 6, Russian agrarians harvested grains and pulses throughout the areas of 19.1 mln ha (39.9% of the plan). The production volumes reached 66 mln tonnes of grains, with the average yield of 34.8 t/ha, declared the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

“In particular, agrarians harvested 53.4 mln tonnes of wheat throughout 14.5 mln ha (49.4%), with the yield of 3.67 t/ha. Also, Russia harvested 9.5 mln tonnes of barley throughout 3 mln ha (35.3%), with the yield of 3.16 t/ha”, - was stated in the message.

Agrarians continued harvesting winter rapeseed, and as of August 6, the areas reached 269.8 thsd ha (18.1%). The production volumes reached 629.9 thsd tonnes, with the yield of 2.33 t/ha.

In addition, agrarians of Krasnodar Krai started harvesting sugar beet — 98.2 thsd tonnes throughout 2.2 thsd ha, with the yield of 44.64 t/ha.

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