Russia: Spring barley planted on 1.9 mln ha as of April 24

UkrAgroConsult reports that as of April 24, 2015, Russian farmers have planted spring crops on an area of 5.5 mln ha or 10.7% of the intended 51.4 mln ha. This compares to 6.7 mln ha at the same time of the previous year.

Spring wheat planting stands at 296,000 (359,000) ha or at 2% of the intended area, that of spring barley at 1.9 (2.3) mln ha or 23% and of corn at 522,000 (628,000) ha or 19%.

29 April, 2015