As of September 1, the general production of spring grains and pulses in Russian agricultural organizations reached 88.7 million tons in bunker weight, up by 25.6% YoY, the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation (Rosstat) announced.
The agricultural organizations, which concentrated 67.9% of the whole planted areas under grains and pulses (excluding corn), harvested the crops throughout 21.5 million ha, or 71.9% of the planted areas, against 18.6 million ha on September 1, 2015. The production volumes reached 63 million tons, the average yield totaled 2.94 ton/ha (on September 1, 2015 – 51.6 million tons and 2.78 ton/ha, respectively).
In particular, wheat production in agricultural organizations totaled 44.1 million tons, against 35.5 million tons on the same date last year. The average yield totaled 3.34 ton/ha, against 3.09 ton/ha, Rosstat specified. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)