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RUSSIAN FARMING STATISTICS
RUSSIAN FARMING STATISTICS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1997
MAIN CROP AREAS FOR HARVEST IN 1997:
TOTAL AREA 1997 % of % of Total Crop Area
min ha 1996 (1997) (1996)
95.7 96 100 100
OF WHICH:
GRAINS
(include. Maize) 53.5 99 55.9 54.2
OF WHICH: 25.7 100 26.9 25.9
SUGAR BEET (For
Refining). '000 ha 944 88 1.0 1.1
SOYA, '000 ha 389 80 0.4 0.5
SUNFLOWER 3.6 90 3.7 4.0
FLAX, '000 ha 113 74 0.1 0.2
POTATOES 3.3 98 3.5 3.4
VEGETABLES, '000 ha 723 98 0.8 0.7
FEED CROPS 32.1 91 33.5 35.3
*Sunflower and feed areas were reduced, and grains, sugar beet, and potatoes
increased as a percentage of total crop areas this year.
PROVISION OF FUELS AND LUBRICANTS ('000 TONS):
DIESEL GASOLINE
1997 1996% 1997 1996%
Received by Farms
First Qtr. 702 70 374 67
Second Qtr. 1970 83 738 65
Of which: June 594 77 232 60
First Half 2672 79 1112 66
PROVISION OF OIL PRODUCTS AT STATE FARMS AS OF JULY 1:
Jul. 1 Jul 1 % Jul. 1
1997 1996 June 1 1996% of
'000 t '000 t 1997 Jul. 1 1995
Diesel 412 53 94 115
Gasoline 172 39 86 151
AVAILABILITY OF FARM MACHINERY BASED ON STATED REQUIREMENT, AND STATE OR
REPAIR AS OF JULY 1 ('000 UNITS):
Requir Avail Of Which:
ement ability In Repair % of June 1, % of Requir
1997 Avail. In repair
GRAIN
HARV
ESTERS 302.6 248.1 127.5 125 82 42
FEED
HARV
ESTERS 100.3 79.6 43.1 123 79 43
REAP-
ERS 157.5 124.3 72.7 126 79 46
MOW-
ERS 153.5 125.0 81.7 132 81 53
*In the regions that had started to harvest crops, 70% of the required grain
harvesters were in a state of repair as of July 1 at farms in Stavropol
territory; 69% in Krasnoyarsk territory; 58% in Voronezh region; 53% in
Rostov; 52% in Belgorod region; 45% in Saratov region; 41% in Volgograd
region, and 36% in Samara region.
MEAT AND DAIRY FARMING: LIVESTOCK POSSESSED BY ALL FARMS (ESTIMATE):
Min Animals July 1 1997 July 1 1996 % of
June 1 July 1 % of July 1 June 1 July 1 June 1
1997 1997 1996 1997 1995 1996
Cattle 37.1 36.6 90 99 90 98
Of which:
Cows 15.9 15.7 92 99 93 98
Hogs 18.9 18.8 86 99.9 88 99.4
Sheep,
goats 25.6 24.8 82 97 81 96
LIVESTOCK AT FARMS OF ALL CATEGORIES AS OF JULY 1 (mln animals)
1996 1997
Cattle: 40.7 36.6
State Farms 67 64
Smallholdings 31 34
Private farms 2 2
Hogs: 21.8 18.8
State Farms 58 53
Smallholdings 40 45
Private Farms 2 2
Sheep and goats 30.4 24.8
State farms 48 43
Smallholdings 48 53
Private Farms 4 4
OUTPUT FOR CORE MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS:
1 Half % of 1 June 1997 % of
1997, min t Half 1996 June 1996 May 1997
Meat (Cattle,
Poultry for
slaughter in
liveweight 3.1 90 90 93
Milk 17.6 96 97 118
Eggs, Bln units 16.1 98 99 107
(Statistics taken from: Interfax Food and Agriculture Report, Vol VI, Issue
32 (299), August 1-8, 1997, pp. 13-15).