Russian Harvest Making Slow Progress
Harvesting this season's grain crop is making slow progress in Russia with 60.4 MMT of grain harvested as of Aug 24th, 14.9 MMT (nearly 20%) less than at the same time last year, say the Agriculture Ministry.
So far 22.8 million hectares of grains have been harvested, 12.3% lower than the 28 million that had been cut at the same point in 2008.
Crop yields so far this year are averaging 2,650 kg/ha, down 250 kg/ha compared to last year.
Despite slow progress, the official estimate of total grain production at 85 MMT still seems too low.
So far 22.8 million hectares of grains have been harvested, 12.3% lower than the 28 million that had been cut at the same point in 2008.
Crop yields so far this year are averaging 2,650 kg/ha, down 250 kg/ha compared to last year.
Despite slow progress, the official estimate of total grain production at 85 MMT still seems too low.