In 2018, the general production volumes of agricultural commodities in Russia in all categories of agricultural households totaled nearly 5.12 trln RUR in current prices, a decrease of 0.6% (or down 88 bln RUR) compared with the figures in the previous year. The figures decreased for the first time since 2012, reported the Federal State Statistics Service. At the same time, last year the production of livestock goods increased by 1.3% compared with 2017 (to almost 2.551 trln RUR), while plant growing goods — down 2.4% (to 2.569 trln RUR). As a reminder, the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia forecasted the growth of agricultural production in 2018 at the level of 1%. Source - https://www.apk-inform.com