Russian Agriculture Minister Says Late Sowing Can Still Yield High Harvest
Minister Oksana Lut compares current sowing conditions to 2022, when Russia achieved record 157 mln tons of grain
En resumen
- Russian Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut stated that late sowing this year mirrors 2022 conditions when Russia achieved a record grain harvest of 157 million tons.
- The spring campaign faces challenges due to abnormal weather with heavy precipitation, preventing farmers in the Volga Region and parts of the south from accessing fields.
- However, the minister emphasized that farmers are technically and technologically prepared, with weather windows now opening in central Russia.
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Por qué importa
Russia is a major global grain exporter. The 2022 harvest of 157 million tons was a record, achieved despite late sowing due to weather conditions. This year's spring campaign faces similar weather challenges.
Late sowing offers opportunities to get a high yield, Russian Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut said. "Certainly, we are now going according to the scenario of 2022 in average, when sowing was rather late in 2022, but as you remember, we got the record-high yield of 157 mln tons of grain crops in 2022. Therefore, in this regard, late sowing certainly gives an opportunity to receive the heavy yield and we reckon upon that," the minister said. The ministry hopes the weather will make it possible to meet the sowing deadline set in the agricultural process in the near time, Lut noted. "Our spring campaign in the country is still rather challenging. The weather is rather abnormal with us, plenty of precipitation, and the center of the Volga Region, and a part of the south cannot normally go to fields for spring sowing. In all other matters, we, our farmers are provided with everything and are ready technically and technologically. The issue is only with the weather. The window has started opening today in the central part of Russia today, and some businesses were able to take to the field," the minister added.
Preguntas abiertas
- What is the specific timeline for completing spring sowing?
- What are the exact acreage planted compared to plans?
- How will weather conditions evolve in the coming weeks?
