date:Apr 17, 2014
expected to be sown with spring crops.
The picture is also looking good for the winter rape crop with most of the area sown considered to be satisfactory or in good condition.
However, there are concerns over the winter wheat because of the arrival of some dry weather, which experts fear could affect the crops later in the year.
In Russia itself, the outlook is bullish.
At a recent Asian economic forum in Boao, VChina, the Deputy Prime Minister, Arkardy Dvorkovich forecast that Russias grain