Dagestani agricultural specialists say that the gross harvesting of winter crops this year will exceed the previous year’s by 161,000 tons, or 2.9-fold, Interfax reports.
278,000 tons of grain will be collected by 527 combined harvesters this year. The Ministry for Food said that over 500,000 tons of forage were collected, exceeding the previous year’s harvest 1.5-fold.