According to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, as of May 23, 2017, the establishing of permanent fruit crops throughout the country was carried out on an area of 6,270 ha, that is almost 2 times more than for the same period in 2016 (3,150 ha). In 2017, the total area of new orchards is expected to be 10,600 ha. In 2016, it was planned to start 10,400 ha of new orchards, however, the actual area exceeded the plan by 40% and amounted to 14,600 ha.
Besides, as of May 4, 2017, gross harvest of greenhouse vegetables in Russia amounted to 200,700 MT, which is almost 2 times more than for the same period in 2016, when it was 111.600 MT. In total, 164,600 MT of cucumbers (in 2016 – 89,500 MT), 32,500 MT of tomatoes (in 2016 – 18,300 MT), and 3,600 MT of other vegetable crops were produced for the period January-May 2017.
In total, this year in Russia it is planned to build and modernize at least 200 ha of winter greenhouses, which will increase the volume of vegetable production by 120,000 MT, so the total yield will reach 930,000 MT per year. In 2016, it was 813,600 MT, which was 14.6% more in 2015.