Grain crop in Russia in 2018 will be within 100 million tons
July 23, 2018
According to RIA Novosti, Krasnodar region has completed the harvesting of grain, collecting 10.4 million tons, thus breaking last year's record, told reporters the Governor of the region Veniamin Kondratyev.
In 2017 Krasnodar region harvested 10,364 million tons of grain. The yield was 63.3 centners per hectare. In 2016, the region collected 10,152 million tons of grain.
The Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation expects that the grain crop in Russia in 2018 will be within 100 million tons, wheat — 64.4 million tons. In 2017, Russia received a record crop in its history-135.4 million tons in net weight, including 85.9 million tons of wheat. Grain crop in 2016 amounted to 120.7 million tons.