Russian farmers harvested 120 million tons of grain

By mid-September, Russian farmers had harvested a total of 120 million tons of grain. This was stated by the Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut, her words are quoted by TASS.

The overwhelming majority of the harvest fell on key agricultural crops. Since the beginning of the year, wheat harvests have exceeded 90 million tons, Lut clarified. “We have eight percent of wheat left for harvesting,” stated the head of the Ministry of Agriculture.

In the current agricultural year, noted the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Veniamin Kondratyev, the main challenge for Russian farmers was problems with the export of grain through the Azov-Black Sea basin. The reason for the difficulties was the increased frequency of attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on dry cargo ships traveling in this water area.

Against this background, SovEkon analysts predicted the minimum export of domestic wheat in July-September for the last 16 years. The authorities wanted to rectify the crisis situation by redirecting cargo to the Baltic.