This opinion was expressed by Executive Director of the southern rice Union, Mikhail Radchenko. Rice crop this season might break the record of 2012, when in Krasnodar region were collected 857 thousand tonnes of agriculture.

Last year the gross yield in the country totaled 1.08 mln t, of which 75% (about 815 thousand tons) produced in the Kuban. This year's planting of rice held in optimal time from April 24 to may 15.

According to the southern rice Union, this year recorded a significant number of weeds. As explained by the agronomists of agricultural enterprises, cold and rainy weather in late may reduced the effectiveness of herbicides.

The sowing of rice in the province the farmers of the Kuban have applied more than 20 varieties of the Kuban selection, the maximum area is "RAPAN" (51 thousand hectares or 42% of the total area).

The optimum date to start harvesting of rice was determined on 10 September, said in the southern rice Union. "All rice-growing households provided harvesting equipment that will allow for a cleaning in optimal time", — said Mikhail Radchenko.

Russian gross harvest of rice this year could reach 1.1 million tonnes, which will cover the consumption in our country, the President of the Russian grain Union Arkady Zlochevskiy. According to him, domestic consumption of rice is about 800 thousand tons, approximately 200 tons accounts for long-grain rice, which is imported.

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