Grain manufacturing in Russia is anticipated to achieve an all-time excessive this yr, in keeping with the US Division of Agriculture (USDA), with wheat manufacturing reaching 78 million tons.
The USDA has raised its July forecast by 1.5 million tons (excluding Crimea), saying that Russian wheat exports are additionally anticipated to rise by one other 1.5 million tons this yr, to 37.5 million.
On the similar time, the USDA’s forecast for international wheat manufacturing within the 20/21 season has been lowered by virtually three.5 million tons.
In the meantime, Russian analysts anticipate the nation’s wheat harvest to develop by a minimum of three million tons. In response to Igor Pavensky, basic director of the Rusagrotrans analytical middle, Russia might acquire 127.5 million tons of grain, which might be one of many nation’s largest harvests, second solely to the report 135.5 million tons recorded in 2017. This yr’s wheat harvest might whole 81 million tons. In 2017, a report 86 million tons of wheat have been harvested in Russia.
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“The US Division of Agriculture clearly underestimates our harvest,” Pavensky stated, pointing to report harvests in Central Russia and the Volga area. He famous report 29.four million hectares of land have been used for wheat this yr. In response to Rosstat, that’s 1.three million hectares greater than have been allotted in 2019.
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The Russian Ministry of Agriculture stated that, as of August 12, grain and leguminous crops have been harvested from 48 % of the planted space, which is greater than on the identical date final yr. The ministry has not modified its estimate for the grain harvest, which stands at 122.5 million tons.
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