Apple harvest in Russia to approach 2.5 million tons in 2025 — expert

This will allow the country to achieve full self-sufficiency in its own apples in the coming years The Russian agricultural industry is confidently moving towards producing 2.5 million tons of apples in 2025, which will soon allow the country to achieve 100% self-sufficiency in this fruit crop. Igor Mukhanin, President of the Russian Gardeners Association, told TASS about this. “The country is showing good dynamics, increasing apple production volumes by 250-300 thousand tons every year. Therefore, according to my calculations, if there are no more weather extremes, we will be able to get up to 2.5 million tons of apples by the end of the current year,” the expert said. He recalled that apples are the main fruit crop, making up more than 90% of the total fruit production in Russia. "Last year, for example, slightly less than 2 million tons of fruit were harvested in the country. And this is despite the fact that seven regions of Central Russia were left without a harvest due to ...