Winter sowing 2018 in Russia breaks all records of past years. Farmers are chasing high yields in order to hit a truly big jackpot.

In mid-November, experts say, more than 17.5 million hectares of land were planted with winter crops on Russian fields. Last year, the sowing rate was 0.6 million hectares lower.

“At the end of 2018, more than 18.4 million hectares of land will be sown,” experts at the SovEcon analytical company predict. “Last year, an area of ​​17.8 million hectares was the result of sowing winter crops.”

Experts relate the current sowing rate to a stable increase in grain prices. Last week, a ton of third-class wheat could be bought for 10,875 rubles. The same amount of wheat of the fourth class was sold at a price of 10700 rubles, the fifth class cost 9175 rubles. The cost of a ton of barley was 10750 rubles. This was reported by SovEcon analysts.

“It is possible that in 2019 the production of grain (in particular, wheat) will increase significantly,” experts predict. - Surely next year, the sowing area of ​​winter crops will increase (at least 0.5 hectares), which will entail a yield increase of one and a half to two million tons.

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