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Russia harvested 115.4 million tons of grain in 2021
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] Russian agricultural producers harvested 115.4 million tons of grain as of October 19, 2021, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture reported.

"As of October 19, domestic farmers harvested 115.4 million tons of grain from an area of ​​43.3 million hectares," the message says.

The share of wheat in the total harvest was 70 percent (77.3 million tons), barley - 16 percent (18.6 million) and corn for grain - about 7 percent (million tons). Other crops include sunflower, rapeseed and soybeans.

In addition, Russia has grown the sugar beet crop: 27.1 million tons, 5.4 million tons of potatoes, as well as 3.7 million tons of outdoor vegetables. Indicators by type of crops are generally in line with or ahead of last year's level.

As Rosstat specified in February, the grain harvest in Russia at the end of 2020 amounted to 133.465 million tons.
The poor will be hungrier this winter.


Posted by: badanov 2021-10-20
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=615517