The Share of Domestic Seeds Reaches 72.1% - AgMinistry

The AgMinistry estimated the share of domestic seeds in crops of grains and pulses at 72.1%, TASS said citing the AgMinistry’s data.

"Russian agrarians plant around 11 million tons of seeds every year. Currently, the share of spring grains and spring pulses produced from seeds of domestic selection accounts for 72.1%," the official representative of the AgMinistry noted.

He added that the share of domestic seeds in grain crops is 90%, corn - 46%, vegetables - 43%, soybeans - 42%, spring rape - 32% and sunflower - 26%.

The AgMinistry also reported the highest amount of sugar beet seeds of foreign selection.