Voronezh farmers by the end of 2017 gathered from the fields of 5.5 million tons of grain, setting a record for the region. This year, the fourth million of tons of grain received by mid-August. Plan to harvest 4.5 million tons of wheat and 5.5 million tons of sugar beet. The first million tons of grain was harvested by July 30.
"Farmers Voronezh region threshed fourth million tons of grain, obmolota 1277,6 thousand hectares, which is 88% of the total harvested area", — stated in the message.
According to the government, the average yield in the region amounted to 31.4 centners per hectare.
The highest yields are observed in Petropavlovsk (43.6 kg per hectare), Khokholsky (to 43.2 quintals per hectare) and Ramon (43,1 centners per hectare) districts.
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Translated by service "Yandex.Translation"