High rates were associated exclusively with the South, where amid dry weather in the North was at a record pace. In other regions of the chart of sowing was behind last year's.

This situation persists today. In the South planted 8 million hectares (+0.6 million hectares to the last year) 3.8 million ha (-0,1 million hectares), in the Volga region and 4.3 million ha (-0,3 million hectares).

Experts "Sovekon" I believe that the results of the sowing, the area will probably be lower than last year's 17.8 million hectares, According to satellite monitoring, the state of winter crops in the European part of Russia is much worse than a multiyear average.

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