As of October 6, Russian agrarians continued harvesting grains and pulses. Agrarians harvested grain crops throughout the general areas of 43.3 million ha (on the same date in 2015 – 40.7 million ha), or 91.6% of the planned areas (47.3 million ha). The produced volumes reached 112.8 million tons of grains, with the average yield of 2.61 ton/ha (in 2015 – 97.6 million tons with the yield of 2.4 ton/ha), the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation reported.
In particular, agrarians harvested winter and spring wheat throughout 27 million ha (97.5% of the plan). The produced volumes reached 75.4 million tons, with the yield of 2.79 ton/ha.
Russia harvested 19 million tons of winter and spring barley throughout 8.1 million ha (96.6%). The average yield totaled 2.35 ton/ha.
Agrarians harvested corn for grain throughout 784.3 thousand ha (27.1%), and produced 4.1 million tons of the grain, with the average yield at 5.29 ton/ha.
Russia harvested 371.1 thousand tons of rice throughout 59 thousand ha (28.6%). The average yield totaled 6.29 ton/ha.
Russian agrarians continued the sunflower seed harvesting campaign. Agrarians harvested 4.2 million tons of the oilseed throughout 2.3 million ha (31.2%). The average yield totaled 1.78 ton/ha.
Also, Russia harvested rapeseed throughout 811.1 thousand ha (81.5%), and produced 1 million tons of the oilseed, with the average yield of 1.23 ton/ha.
Agrarians started harvesting soybeans: the harvested areas reached 726.7 thousand ha (33.3%), the produced volumes – 1.4 million tons, the average yield – 1.86 ton/ha.
Russia harvested flaxseed throughout 44.7 thousand ha only, or 92.7% of the planted areas.
As of October 6, Russian agrarians planted winter crops for the harvest-2017 throughout 12.9 million ha, or 74.2% of the planned areas (in 2015 – 12.8 million ha). (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)