Russia: There will be no shortage of sunflower and corn seeds for the 2025 planting season

Even a surplus is expected The supply of seeds for sunflower varieties and hybrids this year will be about 46 thousand tons, for corn - at least 81 thousand tons. A dry summer will not have a serious impact on seed crops, Igor Lobach, Chairman of the Council of the National Seed Alliance (NSA) Association, said during a press conference. According to Lobach, Russian seed companies have sowed about 39 thousand hectares of sunflower this year, which will produce about 19 thousand tons of crop seeds. Foreign companies, according to NSA, have sowed 8 thousand hectares of sunflowers, but a number of experts do not agree with these data and call a higher estimate - about 10-11 thousand hectares. If we sum up all the volumes, including counterfeit and smuggling, that have appeared on the Russian market this year, the supply of seeds will be 46 thousand tons, with a need of 41 thousand tons. “We have a positive balance of providing sunflower seeds for the 2025 harvest, despite the ...