In Russia, Saratov grain growers harvested over 6 million tons of grain

By October 24, 6 million 53 thousand tons of grain were harvested in the Saratov region, which exceeds the needs of the region four times, Svetich news agency reports with reference to the press service of the regional Ministry of Agriculture. More than 14 types of grain and leguminous crops are cultivated in the Saratov region, of which eight are exported abroad. These are wheat, barley, chickpeas, oats, peas, lentils, rye, corn, and millet. Of the nine oilseeds, five are exported: flax, mustard, camelina, rapeseed, coriander, safflower. Since the beginning of this year, about 2 million tons of grain and products of its processing have already been shipped outside the region, of which more than 900 thousand tons are new crop grain. The main destinations for the shipment of new crop grain to the Russian market are Moscow and the Moscow region, St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, Volgograd, Rostov, Kaliningrad, Samara, Tambov, Kirov regions, Krasnodar Territory. At the same ...