By September 1, Russian farmers had already harvested 117.9 million tons of grain and legumes during the harvest campaign, which is 27 million tons more than at the same time last year (90.9 million tons). According to the Russian Ministry of Agriculture.
“In total, cereals and legumes were threshed from 32.5 million hectares (33.3 million acres) with a yield of 36.2 c / ha (27.3 c / ha),” the report says.
According to the ministry, farmers have harvested 86.9 million tons of wheat, 20.8 million tons of barley, and 23.2 thousand tons of corn for grain.
The gross canola harvest by September 1 is 2.1 million tons (1.3 million tons at the same time last year) with a yield of 25.3 c/ha (19.9 c/acre). Oilseeds have already been harvested from an area o 833.9 thousand hectares (648 thousand hectares).
The sunflower was threshed from 76.2 thousand hectares (185.9 thousand hectares), and 175.2 thousand tons (268 thousand tons) were threshed with a yield of 23 c / ha (14.4 c / ha).
The soybean harvest took place on an area of 24 thousand hectares (51.9 thousand hectares), the gross harvest of oilseeds was 50.2 thousand tons (82 thousand tons), and the yield was maintained at the level of 20.9 c / ha (15.8 c / ha).
Industry experts, in turn, forecast an absolute record for grain and oilseed harvest – all estimates are at 25 million tons (in 2021 – 23 million tons) and some even higher. Many analysts point out that a record harvest in 2022 will be achieved due to the increase in the gross yield of soybeans and rapeseed and favourable weather in most growing regions.