In Russia the forecast on sowing areas has been exceeded
Today, about 50 million hectares are planted with spring crops in the Russian Federation (97% of the area according to forecasts). As of the reporting date, 29 million hectares were sown with spring crops, which, constitutes 100% of the plan.
As of June 22, the following crops were sown: spring wheat – 12,5 million hectares (102% according to planned areas), spring barley – almost 9 million hectares (100%), corn for grain – 3 million hectares (107%), rice – 193 thousand hectares (98%), sunflower – 8.3 million hectares (102%), spring rape – 1.2 million hectares (almost 92%), soybeans – almost 3 million hectares (88%).