Agricultural production in the Rostov region grew by 28.5% in the first half of 2018. About this TASS said the Governor of Rostov region Vasily Golubev.

"At the end of the first half of agricultural production in the Rostov region showed good growth at 28.5%," - said the Agency interlocutor.

According to him, in 2018 the historical record last year, 13 million tons will not be beaten, but the grain yield will also be high. "It is very important for us to develop processing and new types of agricultural production", - said Golubev.

The Governor also stressed the importance of rural potrebkooperacii in territory development. "So, don, the consumers 'cooperatives state support", - he added, Recalling that for the purchase of new equipment, the company "Messagetracking" Miller agricultural consumer companies with a budget of 6.8 million rubles.

Earlier, the authorities of the region have provided a forecast on which the grain harvest this year in the Rostov region will be about 10 million tons with the usual annual average resulted in 6-8 million tons. Last year, the Rostov region completed harvesting grain with a record of about 13 million tons with an average yield of more than 40 quintals per hectare.