From the fields comes the "harvest." How the collection of agricultural crops is changing in Russia

The trend of the current agricultural season has become a mass rejection by farmers of cereals and grains lacking export potential in favor of legumes and oilseeds in demand abroad. This will lead to a decrease in the yield of buckwheat, rice, and rye by 30–35%, but the harvest of peas and lentils may increase by 40%. However, the increase in the supply of certain crops for the market is now hardly a more significant risk than a decrease, writes Kommersant. As of September 22, 79.2 thousand tons of buckwheat had been harvested in Russia, according to data provided to Kommersant by market participants. Compared to the previous year, the figure decreased by 58.8%. A similar picture is observed in the rice segment. Its harvest fell by 56.6%, to 96.6 thousand tons. Andrey Kucherov, Director of the Center of Expertise in the Agro-Industrial Complex at "Rexoft Consulting," believes that the final buckwheat harvest this year will decrease by 10–30%, and rice by 30–35%. Alexey Plugov, ...