Actuality August, 2007

By the 27 of August, 2007 Russia had gathered 55,5 million tons

of corn (in bunker weight) from 52,7% of the harvested areas.
(Information
- 1 acre = 4046,86 square meters = 0,41 hectare;

- 1 ton = 1?016 tn     = 0,907 sh. tn.)

As is reported by press-service of Department of Agriculture of the Russian Federation  (RF), the corn is threshed from 23,7 million of hectare, crop capacity makes on the average 23,4 metric centners from a hectare.
In South and Central federal districts, gathering of corn cereals is practically completed.

In Privolzhskiy federal district 8,5 million hectares of crops are threshed (62,6% of plan), 16,3 million tons of corn are threshed (for 2,9 million tons more than in 2006), productivity made 19,1 metric centner from a hectare.

As the Department of Agriculture reports, during the last week the weather was favorable to the harvest campaign in the whole country.
According the Department of Agriculture forecast, the total yield

of corn in Russia this year in net weight will make 76 million tons against 78,4 million

tons last year.

Bad weathers, drought remind about themselves and influence the harvest.

In all districts of the Chelyabinsk region gathering of corn began.
This year 1 million 357 thousand of hectares of corn and leguminous plants are to be gathered, that is for 96 thousand of hectares more if compared to the last

year.

As of today 182 thousand of hectares corn is mowed, 9 % of planned are threshed. Productivity of corn on preliminary balance is expected at the level of 15 metric centners from a hectare, total yield – at the level of 2 million tons. The mass gathering of corn will begin in September.

The main works on the laying-in of fodder farms will finish in the nearest two weeks.

In a region 234 thousand tons of hay and 720 thousand tons of haylage are already laid in. These are 90 and 91 % from the planned laying-in.

Only for one conventional head of cattle 19 metric centners of forage units are laid in, and on the whole it is necessary to lay in 27,5

metric centners. Also to the middle September the farms have to gather silo crops, such as sunflower, on the area of 22 thousand of hectares.

For acceleration of rates of harvest works wide-level machinery will be used.

In reaping 3 thousand 400 combine harvesters will be involved.

It has to be noted that prices for corn are already set. The ton of soft wheat of 3 class will cost from 4 thousand 800 ($192) to 5 thousand ($200) of rubles, food barley is 4 thousand 200 ($168), oat is 3 thousand 500 ($140), rye is 3 thousand 600 of rubles ($144). It is planned to finish harvest campaign in agronomical optimum terms.