As of October 10, Russian agrarians continued harvesting grains and pulses. Agrarians harvested grain crops throughout the general areas of 43.5 million ha (on the same date in 2015 – 41.7 million ha), or 92.1% of the planned areas (47.3 million ha). The produced volumes reached 113.8 million tons of grains, with the average yield of 2.61 ton/ha (in 2015 – 100 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 (97.6% of the plan). The produced volumes reached 75.5 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 (96.7%). The average yield totaled 2.35 ton/ha.
Agrarians harvested corn for grain throughout 909.8 thousand ha (31.4%), and produced 4.9 million tons of the grain, with the average yield at 5.37 ton/ha.
Russia harvested 387.4 thousand tons of rice throughout 62.4 thousand ha (30.3%). The average yield totaled 6.21 ton/ha.
Russian agrarians continued the sunflower seed harvesting campaign. Agrarians harvested 5.3 million tons of the oilseed throughout over 3 million ha (40.5%). The average yield totaled 1.74 ton/ha.
Also, Russia harvested rapeseed throughout 833.5 thousand ha (83.8%), and produced over 1 million tons of the oilseed, with the average yield of 1.23 ton/ha.
Also, agrarians continued harvesting soybeans: the harvested areas reached 766.8 thousand ha (35.1%), the produced volumes – 1.4 million tons, the average yield – 1.88 ton/ha.
Russia harvested flaxseed throughout 44.9 thousand ha only, or 93.2% of the planted areas.
As of October 10, Russian agrarians planted winter crops for the harvest-2017 throughout 13.8 million ha, or 79.6% of the planned areas (in 2015 – 14.4 million ha). (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)