"SovEcon": Agricultural producers are selling grains and oilseeds at record rates amid a 25% year-on-year drop in income.

Grain and oilseed sales by agricultural producers in the autumn of 2025 are proceeding at record rates against the backdrop of the difficult financial situation of farmers, notes "SovEcon" in its report. In September, grain sales by Russian agricultural producers amounted to 11.0 million tons, according to Rosstat, which was the highest figure in the entire history of observations. Oilseeds sold during the same period amounted to 1.7 million tons, which was the highest figure for the month and a repetition of the September 2020 record before the introduction of export duties on sunflower. In October, grain sales by agricultural producers amounted to 9.3 million tons, which was the largest figure for the month since October 2022, when 9.9 million tons were sold. High sales in 2022 were due to a record harvest. Oilseed sales amounted to 3.0 million tons, which was the second largest figure in the entire history of observations after 3.1 million tons in December 2023. We believe that ...