05-10-2017
Harvest-2017: agrarians harvested 42.1 million tons of grain

As of October 4, agricultural enterprises harvested 42.1 million tons of grain of the 2017 crop.

This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.

Agrarians harvested 10.9 million hectares. The yield is 38.5 c / ha.

In the context of crops, the agrarians collected:
buckwheat - 161 thousand tons with a yield of 11.3 c / ha,
millet - 73 thousand tons with a yield of 14.6 c / ha,
corn for grain - 4.2 million tons with a yield of 41.8 c / ha.

As reported by Agro Perspective, agrarian scientists forecast a decrease in the grain harvest to 59.04 million tons against a record 66.088 million tons in 2016.
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy forecasts a yield of 60-63 million tons.