The grain harvest of the Saratov region of Russia in 2022 is four times higher than the needs of the region

The main export crop of the region is wheat, the geography of shipment of which is consistently expanding By October 24, 6 million 53 thousand tons of grain were harvested in the Saratov region, which exceeds the needs of the region by four times. It should be noted that now more than 14 types of grain and leguminous crops are cultivated in the region, of which eight are exported abroad. These are wheat, barley, chickpeas, oats, peas, lentils, rye, corn, millet. Of the nine oilseeds, five are exported: flax, mustard, camelina, rapeseed, coriander, safflower. 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 directions of shipment of new crop grain to the Russian market: Moscow and Moscow region, St. Petersburg and Leningrad region, Volgograd, Rostov, Kaliningrad, Samara, Tambov, Kirov regions, Krasnodar region. At the same ...