"Compared to the 2015 grain harvest fell by almost 40%. From the entire grain harvest of 32.4 thousand tons were rye (in 2015 have been collected to 53.1 thousand tons), 455,5 thousand tonnes wheat (in 2015 781,9 thousand tons) and 357,4 thousand tons – barley (in 2015 533,9 thousands of tons)", – stated in the message.

The Department notes that the harvest for last year ruined, first of all, rainy first half of August, when precipitation in two months. In addition, irreparable damage to the harvest caused by the drought in late spring, where grain is badly sprouted, and those that sprouted, got a little moisture.

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