Wednesday, 9 November 2016

Russia harvest 120mmt of grain

Russian Ministry of Agriculture report the current harvest stands at 120.3mmt of grains from 45.0mha (43.8mha in 2015) or 95.3%.

The overall average yield is 2.68mt/ha compared to 2.44mt/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 19.1mmt from 8.1mha (97%) with an average yield of 2.35mt/ha
  • corn 10.5mmt from 1.9mha (64%) with an average yield of 5.64mt/ha
  • sunflower 10.1mmt from 6.4mha (86%) with an average yield of 1.58mt/ha
  • soya 3.0mmt from 1.9mha (89%) with an average yield of 1.55mt/ha
As of November 8, farmers had planted 17.1mha of winter crops for H17 or 99% of the planned area (15.8mha in 2015).