MOSCOW: Russia, a major global wheat exporter, had harvested 46.8 million tonnes of grain with an average yield of 4.20 tonnes per hectare from 23 percent of the total area as of August 4, Agriculture Ministry data showed on Monday. That was down from the 55.4 million tonnes harvested with an average yield of 3.67 tonnes by the same date a year earlier, the ministry said.
Russia’s grain harvesting has been delayed by rainy weather in several regions this year. RUSSIA’S 2017 GRAIN HARVEST PROGRESS (Aug 4) All grains: wheat barley Crop, mln tonnes 46.8 39.5 5.2 Crop, at the same 55.4 41.9 7.1 date 2016 Yield, 4.20 4.39 3.60 tonnes/hectare Yield, at the same 3.67 3.94 3.18 date 2016 Harvested area, 11.1 9.0 1.4 mln hectares Pct of total area 23.2 32.3 17.8 Harvested area, at 15.1 10.6 2.2 the same date 2016 (Compiled by Polina Devitt; editing by Dmitry Solovyov)
