Min: Russia may raise grain output to 205 mln tns by 2050

SOCHI, Nov 18 (PRIME) -- Russia may increase its grain production to 205 million tonnes by 2050 if there is enough sowing area, fertilizer consumption and adequate equipment, Pyotr Chekmaryov, head of the Agriculture Ministry’s plant growing department, said on Friday during a grain forum.

“If everything goes as it should, if we use the necessary amount of fertilizers, if we have enough equipment, and if the sowing area is around 60 million hectares, we will be able to produce 200–205 million tonnes (of grain) with a crop yield of 35 hundredweights per hectare. This is Russia’s capability until 2050,” he said.

He said that the 2016 harvest of 117 million tonnes of grain in net weight translates into a grain export potential of 45 million tonnes from July 1 through June 30, 2017.

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