The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation reported on a record grain crop

The Ministry of Agriculture submitted a final harvesting report on Monday. “They worked well, it can definitely be said that more than 100 million tons of grain will be in charge of grain, which is comparable to the volume of the harvest of 1991-1992,” said the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexei Gordeev at a meeting of the Presidium of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who listened to Gordeev’s report, thanked agricultural workers for their work. “They earned both gratitude, and an attentive attitude towards them,” Putin emphasized.

According to Gordeev, "in those years (the beginning of the 90s) there was still a planned economy, and there were much more sowing areas." Gordeev also reported that "the highest for all the years of the history of the new Russia, a product of yield from one hectare for all the years of the history of the new Russia." According to the minister, the indicators are also important, first of all, in the collection of wheat - the "main product".

"65 million tons of wheat are prayed, which is also a record," he said. “Thus, we will have an excess of the main grain product,” he emphasized. According to him, "and now it is important, developing export, to maintain, nevertheless, grain and consumption, in internal reserves." As Gordeev noted, such instructions are already given to the first deputy prime minister Viktor Zubkov.

The main districts that contributed to ensuring a record harvest were explained by the minister, this is the Southern, Central, Volga District, where "harvesting has" significantly exceeded compared to all the last years. " "A good harvest is also sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables, potatoes - a tangible increase in production is observed in all these crops," he added.

“For 9 months, it is also a good increase in agriculture - more than 5%, which is a high rate compared to the previous 7 years,” Aleksey Gordeev cited the data. Currently, he said, "attention is already focused on the north of winter crops, preparations for spring-field work are underway, fertilizer and fuel and lubricants are being purchased in advance."

"There are certain questions, but literally tomorrow and the day after tomorrow we are meeting the Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin and we will discuss this situation in detail," he added. “The peasants of Russia worked well and deserved words of gratitude,” he emphasized.

Recall that in 2007, the grain harvesting in Russia in Russia amounted to 81-82 million tons.