Volga Baikal AGRO NEWS Update on the Expansion of the Crop Area in Russia in 2022 !!!

According to the forecast of the Ministry of the Agriculture the sown area will amount up to 81.3 mln ha

Volga Baikal AGRO NEWS Update on the Expansion of the Crop Area in Russia in 2022 !!!

According to the forecast of the Ministry of the Agriculture of the Russian Federation, in 2022 the sown area will amount up to 81.3 million hectares — 0.9 million hectares more than in 2021.

Including: spring sowing will be carried out on 53.6 million hectares. In particular, the ministry expects to expand wheat crops by 818.1 thousand hectares to 29.53 million hectares.

The area under:

  1. corn is expected to increase by 34 thousand hectares – up to 3 million hectares
  2. barley – will remain at the level of the last year, amounting to about 8.19 million hectares
  3. rye – will decrease by 126.8 thousand hectares – up to 917.6 thousand hectares
  4. buckwheat will increase by 54.1 thousand hectares – up to more than 1 million hectares
  5. rice crops can grow by 2.9 thousand hectares – up to 190.4 thousand hectares
  6. millet will grow by 52.7 thousand hectares – up to 353.2 thousand hectares.

In total, in 2022 the grain and leguminous crops can occupy almost 48 million hectares — 961.4 thousand hectares more than in 2021.

Source: Agroinvestor.ru

 

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