About 126 million tons - the Russian Grain Union reported on the harvest in 2024

The harvesting rite is coming to an end in Russia. It is planned to collect about 126 million tons of grain. This will fully cover the country's domestic needs, and the surplus will be exported. Lipetsk Region. Almost all types of crops are grown here - from rapeseed to potatoes. Farmers are on the home stretch, barley remains to be harvested. There are more than two thousand combines in the fields of the region. The engines hum from 7 am to 9 pm. Farmers work overtime, catching up with the schedule. Due to the rains, the harvesting campaign often had to be paused. Head of the peasant farm Alexander Perveyev: "We do not expect the weather to be stable. You see, sometimes it happens that there is no rain, but it just starts out of nowhere, and everything stops." And so it is all year long. Frosts in the spring, drought in the summer, and as soon as it is time to harvest, rains. If the weather does not interfere, the region will receive four million tons of grain - this is at the ...