Russia will increase its wheat production area to nearly 30 million hectares this year

By: Trademagazin editor Date: 2022. 02. 01. 11:03

In Russia, 29.535 million hectares of wheat will be sown this year, more than 818,000 hectares more than in 2021, Interfax news agency quoted the Ministry of Agriculture’s data.

Russian wheat production area increases

The production area of maize is expected to increase by 34 thousand hectares to 3.008 million hectares in 2022, barley to 8.189 million hectares, and rye by 126.8 thousand hectares to 917.6 thousand hectares. (MTI)