Tuesday, 15 November 2016

Russia harvest over 121mmt of grain

Russian Ministry of Agriculture report the current harvest stands at 121.8mmt of grains from 45.2mha (43.8mha in 2015) or 95.7%.

The overall average yield is 2.69mt/ha compared to 2.45mt/ha in 2015 with the breakdown looking like this;
  • corn 11.4mmt from 2.0mha (69%) with an average yield of 5.69mt/ha
  • sunflower 10.4mmt from 6.6mha (88%) with an average yield of 1.58mt/ha
  • soya 3.1mmt from 2.0mha (93%) with an average yield of 1.54mt/ha
As of November 14, farmers had planted 17.2mha of winter crops for H17 or 99% of the planned area (16.2mha in 2015).