Cultures, profits, and forecasts for Russian agricultural producers

Russia

Published Dec 10, 2020

Tridge summary

2020 again became a record year for Russian agricultural producers. The gross harvest of all grain and leguminous crops, according to preliminary estimates, is about 10 million tons more than last year. Good harvests of wheat, buckwheat, rye and other crops are adorned with the final reports. A more detailed analysis shows that the record threshing of grain crops was obtained not only due to high yields.

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The latest harvest data for almost 99% of the cultivated area suggests that the harvest for the current agricultural season will again be high. The 2017 record, when more than 135 million tons were harvested, cannot be surpassed, but over the past three years this is the highest harvest. Experts estimate it in the range from 125 to 131 million tons. According to the forecast of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, the final grain harvest will exceed 125 million tons, including 82 million tons of wheat Source: Rosstat, Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation At the same time, the yield of grain crops in some regions has significantly decreased, while in others it has significantly increased. Among those who managed to grow a record harvest are the Middle Volga region, the Chernozem region and certain regions of Western Siberia. Yields in the southern regions have noticeably decreased. Thus, in the traditional Russian granary, Kuban, the yield of winter ...

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