General production of wheat in Moldova reached 1.283 million tons, which exceeded the expected rate by almost 300 thousand tons, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry declared.
According to the announcement, the harvested areas under wheat in the country totaled 371 thousand ha with the average yield of 3.1 t/ha.
In particular, milling wheat totaled 800 thousand tons (55% of the harvest volumes), which would completely satisfy the domestic market needs and form the required export volumes.
Also, in 2016 the harvest of barley totaled nearly 260 thousand tons.
Rapeseed harvest volumes doubled compared with 2015, and totaled 45 thousand tons, with the average yield of 2.5 t/ha. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)