In Russia, Saratov grain growers harvested over 6 million tons of grain
Russia
Published Oct 26, 2022
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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.
Original content
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 time, wheat has been and remains the main export crop of the region, the geography of shipment of which, despite difficult economic conditions, is expanding. Now the main directions of wheat export are Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, ports of Krasnodar Territory, Rostov and Astrakhan regions. “In order to further expand the potential of agricultural exports, we need to build new logistics chains, modernize existing production facilities, ...
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