Russia has harvested 75.3 million metric tons of grain to Aug. 25 on 25.7 million hectares (63.5 million acres).
The total grain-planted area in Russia is 46.3 million hectares (114.4 million acres).
The average yield so far has been 2.93 tons a hectare (1.19 tons / acre).
Grain harvested to date was 22 million tons more than on the same date last year, with the average yields exceeding those reported on the same date last year by 0.55 tons a hectare.
Wheat harvest to date was 43.2 million tons on 13 million hectares (32 million acres), with the average yield of 3.35 tons a hectare (1.36 tons / acre).
Barley harvest was 17 million tons on 6 million hectares (14.8 million acres), with the average yield of 2.84 tons a hectare (1.15 tons / acre).
The total grain planted area to be harvested this year is 47 million hectares, 2 million hectares or also 5 million acres more than last year.
This year’s grain harvest is expected to come in at 95 million tons in clean weight.
This will be up 13 million tons on the 2007 harvest or up 16%.
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