ROS AGRО PLC (LSE: AGRO) has announced the completion of a harvesting campaign

15.01.18

The Company has completed the harvesting campaign in Belgorod, Tambov, Kursk, Orel and Voronezh regions and Primorsky Krai. Gross yields in 2017 reached 4,927.9 thousand tonnes, a 11.1% decrease due to yields drop of late crops, partially compensated by 9.4% augment in cultivated land area.

Gross yields of sugar beet decreased by 19.0% due to lower yields, while gross yields of the wheat surged by 57.0%

Detailed results of harvest campaign of 2017 are shown below:

	2017
Crop	Area, thousand ha	Yields, tonne/ha	Gross yield, thousand tonnes
Sugar beet	92.7	37.8	3,508.5
Wheat	147.8	4.9	731.5
Barley	73.2	4.1	296.6
Soybean	129.7	1.4	183.8
Corn	24.2	5.1	122.3
Sunflower seeds	20.7	1.9	40.4
Other*	13.3	3.4	44.6
Total	501.6		4,927.9
*incl.: peas, mustard, lupine, buckwheat, fodder crops

	2017 vs. 2016
Crop	Area, thousand ha	Yields, tonne/ha	Gross yield, thousand tonnes
Sugar beet	95%	86%	81%
Wheat	134%	117%	157%
Barley	78%	117%	91%
Soybean	140%	77%	108%
Corn	103%	85%	87%
Sunflower seeds	68%	81%	55%
Other*	135%	80%	108%
Total	109%		89%

*incl.: peas, mustard, lupine, buckwheat, fodder crops