ROS AGRO PLC announces the completion of 2018 sowing campaign

25.06.18

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On June, 22 Rusagro completed sowing season. In 2018 area of cultivated land gained 3% and reached 563.7 thousand hectares.

Area planted with wheat augmented second year in a row to partly replace the barley. Increase of soy area by 13% to 147.0 thousand hectares is explained by high profitability of this crop. Meanwhile, sugar beet area decreased by 4% to 89.0 thousand hectares due to bad economic performance of the crop.  

In the Primorye Territory sowing area surged by 20% to 65.9 thousand hectares. There is an increase of soy area by 23% to 43.8 thousand hectares and of corn area by 56% to 21.2 thousand hectares.

Operational update published on June, 22 2018 by Department of agriculture and food of Primorye Territory states that overall cultivated are in the region reached 489 thousand hectares (+8% from 2017 results), including 283 thousand hectares of soy (+15%), 153 thousand hectares  of wheat (-27%) and 42 thousand hectares of corn (+16%). 

The table below shows Rusagro’s cultivated area by crop:

	2 018	2 017	Variance
Crops	Area, ths ha	Area, ths ha	%
Winter wheat	129.5	116.6	11%
Summer wheat	34.0	32.1	6%
Barley	56.9	73.3	-22%
Soy	147.0	130.2	13%
Sugar beat	89.0	92.7	-4%
Corn	27.6	24.3	14%
Sunflower	23.5	21.2	11%
Other crops & fallow	56.2	58.1	-3%
Total	563.7	548.4	3%

 

Including the results of the Primorye Territory:

Primorye Territory	2 018	2 017	Variance
Crops	Area, ths ha	Area, ths ha	%
Summer wheat	0.9	5.7	-84%
Soy	43.8	35.7	23%
Corn	21.2	13.6	56%
Total	65.9	55.0	20%

 

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