Mongolia started its autumn harvests
Tuesday, expecting to see the fifth consecutive crop increase annually thanks
to favorable weather conditions so far this year.

Industry and Agriculture Minister Kh. Battulga said at a recent government
meeting that thanks to the favorable weather conditions since early 2012,
Mongolia was expected to have another bumper harvest.

Mongolia’s wheat output in 2005 registered 75,000 tons, with most of the
country’s flour and rice then imported from China and Russia.

Since its third land reclamation campaign in 2008, Mongolia’s grain
production has increased for four years running, and its grain output in 2011
totalled 430,000 tons, making it self-sufficient.