Russia’s wheat harvest has reached 70 million tonnes

According to the info received from the Russian Agriculture Ministry, Russia's wheat harvest has reached 70 million tonnes. Including the 70 million tonnes of wheat, a total of 97.2 million tons of cereals have been threshed, 17.3 million tons of barley, and 661.6 tons of maize for grain. It is said that with current unfavourable weather conditions, the results of the harvesting campaign can be assessed as positive. Some crops have yields higher than last year, including maize, sugar beet, and rice.

Several regions have already begun sowing winter crops for the 2022 harvest. As of September 10th, the sowing had covered 6.3 million hectares.

 

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