Russian Grain Markets: 23-30 April 2012 GRAINS AND PRODUCTS Planting UpdatesAs of 30 April, Russian spring grain crops were planted on 3.5 million hectares. The following are the latest updates from some regions.
Bashkortostan Republic: Spring grain crops were planted on 411,100 hectares (34 percent of the target for grain crops). Tatarstan Republic: Spring grain crops were planted on 317,000 hectares (18 percent of the target). Republic of Mordovia: Spring grain crops were planted on 20,600 hectares (8 percent of the target). Stavropol Oblast: Spring grain crops were planted on 221,000 hectares. Additional spring crops (compensation for dead winter crops) were planted on 62,300 hectares. Altayskiy Krai: Spring grain crops were...
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