
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev projected the country's 2026 grain harvest at around 140 million tons and oilseeds at 35 million tons, citing historical harvest data from 2022 to 2025, including a record 157.676 million tons in 2022 and over 144 million tons in 2025.
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Russia's grain harvest has fluctuated in recent years, reaching a record high of 157.676 million tons in 2022, followed by slightly lower but still strong outputs in 2023 and 2025, with 2024 showing a dip to nearly 130 million tons.
MOSCOW, October 2. /TASS/. Russia’s grain harvest is projected at around 140 mln tons in 2026, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev said.
"We expect around 140 mln tons of grain and 35 mln tons of oilseeds [to be collected]," he said.
In 2025, Russia’s grain harvest amounted to over 144 mln tons, reaching the country’s third-highest result.
Russia’s grain harvest totaled almost 130 mln tons in 2024. In 2023, the country produced its second-largest harvest in history of around 143 mln tons.
In 2022, Russia set a new record for total grain harvest, with a total of 157.676 mln tons collected.
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Russia will harvest around 140 million tons of grain in 2026
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Russia will collect around 35 million tons of oilseeds in 2026
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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev said that the harvesting campaign in Russia is entering the final stage. Currently, 90% of the area has been threshed, and the total volume of grain collected has exceeded 126 million tons.

Harvests of buckwheat, rice and millet in Russia in 2026 will decrease due to a reduction in sown areas, according to the forecast of ProZerno analysts. The buckwheat harvest is expected to be 794 thousand tons (versus 926 thousand in 2025), rice - 833 thousand tons (versus 1.235 million), millet - 240 thousand tons (versus 352 thousand). By mid-September, 120 million tons of grain, mainly wheat, had been harvested.

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By mid-September, the wheat harvest in Russia exceeded 90 million tons, the total grain harvest reached 120 million tons. Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut noted difficulties with logistics in the Azov-Black Sea basin due to attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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