Russian farmers are faced with falling grain prices and sales problems due to attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the actions of resellers

Russian farmers are faced with a new problem: grain sales are now hampered not only by attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) in the Azov-Black Sea basin, but also by a sharp drop in prices in the southern regions of the country. This was reported by the Izvestia newspaper with reference to data from the Association of Peasant (Farm) Farms and Agricultural Cooperatives (AKKOR).

In the fall, the cost of grain in these regions of Russia fell by half, industry analysts note. The most difficult situation with the sale of products has developed in the Krasnodar Territory and the Rostov Region, where local authorities have already introduced a state of emergency against the backdrop of new problems for farms, experts explained.

Farmers in these regions cannot sell their crops, which is taken advantage of by resellers. The latter began to sharply reduce purchase prices, which became a new blow for local farmers. Thus, with the cost of third-class wheat in the region of 11-13 thousand rubles per ton, the price offers of resellers average 5 thousand. In fact, we are talking about buying grain for next to nothing, stated the head of the association in the Rostov region, Alexei Zhdanov.