Source: Zerno.ru (Russia)
On August 14, 73.5 million tons of grain and legumes were harvested on farms of all categories in Russia, which is 8.2 million tons less than at the same time last year. This information was provided by Interfax with reference to documents from the Ministry of Agriculture.
The crop was harvested on 22.5 million hectares, which is 46.9% of the total area and 116.6 thousand hectares more than last year. This year’s yield is lower – 32.7 centners per hectare compared to 36.7 centners per hectare last year.
For wheat, 59.8 million tons were harvested, which is 3.2 million tons less than last year. 17.1 million hectares (57.5%) were harvested, which is almost 1.3 million hectares more than in the previous year, but the yield is significantly lower – 39.8 centners/hectare compared to 50.9 centners/hectare.
For durum wheat, 184.8 thousand tons were harvested with a yield of 15.1 quintals per hectare. Of the 881.2 thousand hectares sown, 122.1 thousand hectares were threshed.
For barley, 8.8 million tons were harvested, which is 3.4 million tons less than a year ago. The decline is due to both the decrease in harvested areas and lower yields. 2.9 million hectares (40.5%) were threshed, 936,600 hectares less than a year ago, with a yield of 30.1 quintals/hectare compared to 31.6 quintals/hectare.
The maize harvest (for grain) has only just begun. 2.3 thousand hectares (0.1%) have been threshed, 7.9 thousand tons have been harvested with a yield of 34 quintals/hectare. A year ago at this time, the maize had not yet been harvested.
Sunflowers were harvested on 5.5 thousand hectares (0.1%), with 12.6 thousand tons harvested at a yield of 22.9 quintals/hectare.
Soybeans were harvested on 4.8 thousand hectares (0.1%), with 5.2 thousand tons harvested at a yield of 11.5 quintals per hectare.
For rapeseed, 1.527 million tons were harvested, 120.7 thousand tons more than in the previous year. It was harvested on 597.8 thousand hectares (21.3%), compared to 499 thousand hectares a year ago, but the yield this year is 2.6 c/ha lower – 25.5 quintals/hectare.
According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture Andrei Razin, this year’s harvest is “quite tense, the weather is making its own adjustments”, but in general the Ministry of Agriculture is satisfied with the pace of the harvest. The quality of the wheat this year is better than last year, according to Razin.