"The crops harvested so far have not been affected by drought and if we go by what producers say, the southern part of the country even had too much rain in the spring. This year 2.075 million hectares with wheat and rye were cultivated and resulted in an average production of 4.054 kg per hectares, for a total of 8.41 million tons of wheat, up from 7.85 million tons in 2015" , said the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Achim Irimescu.
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