As of 25 July, the area received the first million tons of grain after harvest 27% of the area with an average yield of 34 quintals per hectare.

"Over the past week farmers in the Voronezh region, obmolota 287 thousand hectares, collected the second million tons of grain. The pace of harvesting, taking into account the output amounted to 25 thousand hectares in a day", — stated in the message of the regional government.

As of August 2, threshed 600 thousand hectares or 41% of the plan, including early crops harvested 51% of the area. The average yield of 35.7 tons per hectare (last year it was 28 quintals per hectare). The quality of the grain, according to "the Voronezh centre for grain quality assessment", higher-level 2015 food grains is 65% of the surveyed volume.

The higher grain yields observed in the Liskinsky district - 47.2 kilos per hectare. Yields of more than 44 tons per hectare - REP, Anna and Petropavlovsk districts.

Voronezh farmers raised in last year 4 million tons of grain, which was the best result in the Central Federal district and the fifth largest in the country. The yield was 36 quintals per hectare.