Минсельхоз прогнозирует урожай зерна на уровне не менее 100 млн тонн (26-03-2018)

The Ministry of agriculture predicts a grain yield of at least 100 million tons (26-03-2018)

The Department also reported that the regions are ready for spring sowing

The Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation assesses as satisfactory as the winter fields are the regions ready for spring planting. The grain harvest is projected at not less than 100 million tons, reported TASS on Sunday the first Deputy Minister of agriculture of Russia Dzhambulat Hatuov at a working visit to Abkhazia.

"The Ministry of agriculture conducts regular monitoring with the RF regions. To date, the state of the winter field we assess satisfactory. There is, indeed, a certain amount of winter field in the range of 1 million hectares out of 70, which is in a special risk zone, farmers in the regions continue to study. We expect that measures will be taken, but the total percentage of deaths by the results of wintering, according to preliminary forecasts of experts, the average," he explained.

According to him, as for the overall state of the winter field and readiness for spring sowing, the regions of the Russian Federation are ready, provided with seed material. "We do not see any threats to full - fledged grain production in Russia of at least 100 million [tons] per year, as it happens in Russia in the last four years," the Deputy Minister added.

As reported by TASS in the Ministry of agriculture in January, grain harvest in net weight in Russia in 2017 increased by 11.2% compared to 2016 and reached 134.1 million tons.

Thus, in 2017, Russia broke the record of Soviet times, when 127 million tons of grain were harvested in 1978. The Russian record for grain harvest was set in 2017, when the figure of 135 million tons was reached.

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