2016 was a fruitful year. According to official statistics, the produce was 18 % up in 2016,  year over year. The surge was largely determined a rich harvest of vegetal production.

In 2016, the produce was up 26 %.

The cereals saw the biggest jump. The wheat harvest was over 1.3 mn tonnes, that’s a 40-per-cent surge.

The maize was up 29 % compared to 2015 and was 1.4 mn tonnes.

The sunflower seeds were up 39 %, year on year, and the sugar beet – up 10 %.

214 tonnes of potatoes were harvested, that’s up 35 % year over year.

Vegetables -- 290 tonnes, up 12 %.

Fruit -- 590 tonnes, up 19 %, and grapes -- 615 tonnes.

The animal produce also rose 3 %. Eggs – up 7 %, 667 mn pieces.