Wednesday, 26 October 2016

Russia harvest 118mmt of grain

Russian Ministry of Agriculture report the current harvest stands at 118.2mmt of grains from 44.5mha (43.3mha in 2015) or 94%.

The overall average yield is 2.65mt/ha compared to 2.42mt/ha in 2015 with the breakdown looking like this;
  • wheat 75.8mmt from 27.2mha (98%) with an average yield of 2.79mt/ha
  • barley 19.0mmt from 8.1mha (97%) with an average yield of 2.35mt/ha
  • corn 8.2mmt from 1.5mha (51%) with an average yield of 5.55mt/ha
  • sunflower 8.3mmt from 5.1mha (68%) with an average yield of 1.62mt/ha
  • soya 2.5mmt from 1.5mha (70%) with an average yield of 1.63mt/ha
As of October 20 farmers had planted 16.4mha of winter crops for H17 or 95% of the planned area which is up a significant 0.8mha on 2015.