The Ministry said that the harvest amounted to 1.4 million tonnes, it is Noted that basically we are talking about tomatoes and cucumbers. According to the expectations of the Ministry, gross harvest of field vegetables virtually unchanged compared to last year and amount to a maximum of 5.1 million tonnes.

The Ministry of agriculture added that due to the construction and modernization of greenhouses production volumes increased by 65% in comparison to 2014.

Vegetables and fruit prices dropped in mid-autumn for the first time in six years

The President of the Association "Greenhouses of Russia" Alexey Sitnikov has called the Ministry's forecast is very optimistic. According to the organization, the production in greenhouses will increase to 1.2 million tonnes-will grow by 15%. Sitnikov said that currently the new site is almost not administered, as it was discontinued a program to support greenhouse vegetable production.

The head of analytical Agency FruitNews Irina Koziy told the publication that the crop can alleviate the seasonal price spike, so the cost of vegetables will gradually increase by December.

In October 2018 and vegetables in Russia fell by 1.1% compared with September. The analysts of "VTB Capital" noted that this is due to the good harvest of greenhouse vegetables. In particular, tomatoes collected by 47.4% more than in October 2017.

Scientific Director meteorologist Roman Vilfand warned that in 2019 the Russians expect a smaller crop of buckwheat. He noted that in the Altai region farmers later planted buckwheat due to the fact that the region was not comfortable.
 

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