The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia set a task to double the production volumes of corn in the country in the short term, the Director of the Department of plant growing, chemicalization and plant protection at the Ministry of Agriculture Petr Chekmarev declared.
At the same time, Chekmarev reminded that in general, the Ministry planned to achieve the annual grain harvest in the country at the level of 130 million tons, and in the future – 150 million tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)