As of August 1, the general production of spring grains and pulses in Russian agricultural organizations reached 33.7 million tons in bunker weight, up by 17.1% YoY, the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation (Rosstat) announced.
According to the announcement, agrarians harvested grains throughout the areas of 8.8 million ha, or 29.3% of the planned areas, against 8.5 million ha on August 1, 2015. The average yield totaled 3.85 t/ha, as opposed to 3.41 t/ha on the same date last year.
In particular, wheat production totaled 27.4 million tons of the reporting volumes, against 23.7 million tons on August 1, 2015. The average yield totaled 4.13 t/ha, against 3.62 t/ha, Rosstat specified. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)