Mikhail Mishustin held a meeting Government of the Russian Federation, during which the Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev spoke about the pace of the harvesting campaign and winter sowing, the level of provision of farmers with material and technical resources and forecasts for the production of agricultural products, reports official website of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia.
According to the minister, today grains have been threshed from 95% of the area, 150,7 million tons have been harvested. This year, it is planned to harvest 25,5 million tons of oilseeds, which is the highest figure, more than 43 million tons of sugar beets. 7 million tons of potatoes will be harvested in the organized sector. About 5 million tons of open field vegetables are expected, and about 1,6 million tons will be produced in greenhouses. Such fees will fully meet domestic needs and develop export deliveries.
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