Vegetable harvest in Russia increased by almost 20% - Ministry of Agriculture

According to data as of July 12, the harvest of open-ground vegetable crops in Russia increased by 19 percent from the same period last year - to 255.7 thousand tons. Such data from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation is provided by the Izvestia newspaper. The ministry also noted a positive trend in the yield of vegetables in protected soil (greenhouses). Their harvest increased by 3.6 percent year on year or to 908.9 thousand tons. The majority were cucumbers - 528.7 thousand tons (+5.9%), the rest - tomatoes, the harvest of which remained at the level of last year. The department also reported a reduction in prices for vegetable products due to an increase in collections. For example, as of July 10, cucumbers fell in price the most - by 34.1 percent. The cost of tomatoes fell by 19.8 percent, including 11.5 percent over the past month. Prices for a number of other important vegetable crops were also noticeably lower than last year, for example, by 26.6 percent ...