The Ministry of Agriculture in Russia expects the expansion of grain crops this year
Russia
Published Jan 31, 2023
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The sown area under grain in Russia in 2023 may increase to 47.74 million hectares against 47.5 million hectares in 2022. This is stated in the presentation of the Ministry of Agriculture, to which TASS refers. At the same time, crops of spring and winter wheat will decrease to 29.05 million hectares against 29.4 million hectares last year. At the same time, rye crops are expected to grow from 903.4 thousand hectares to 911.2 thousand hectares, barley - from 7.9 million hectares to 8.3 million hectares, corn - from 2.8 million hectares to 2.9 million hectares, rice - from 176.6 thousand hectares to 178.1 thousand hectares, buckwheat - from 1.125 million hectares to 1.15 million hectares. Elena Tyurina, director of the analytical department of the Russian Grain Union, told Agroinvestor that it is indeed possible to increase the sown area in high-yielding regions of Russia. “We have growing domestic use and export of flour. The needs of flour mills are increasing. In addition, there is a positive trend in wheat exports. We are entering new markets, primarily in the African region.
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Many of them will move into the category of regular importers,” she said. According to Tyurina, the most important thing is the level of profitability of farmers and the cost of growing crop products. “In regions with high yields, profitability is much higher compared to the rest. This year, much will depend on the support of agricultural producers from the state. We need a steady increase in state support,” she said. Meanwhile, the analytical center of Rusagrotrans downgraded the estimate of the gross wheat harvest in Russia for the current year by 1 million tons to 81.5 million tons. ” with reference to the materials of the center. Despite the record sowing of spring wheat, which is expected to be about 1.6 million hectares in the Central Federal District, the harvested area under winter and spring wheat in the region may decrease by almost 1 million hectares. Director General of the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR) Dmitry Rylko said earlier that reseeding could ...
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