Volga Baikal AGRO NEWS Update on Grain Harvest – 2020 in the Russian Federation !!!

In 2020 Rosstat announced the second grain harvest in the history of Russia

Volga Baikal AGRO NEWS Update on Grain Harvest – 2020 in the Russian Federation !!!

In 2020 Rosstat announced the second grain harvest in the history of Russia.

The grain harvest in 2020 reached 132.9 million tons, follows from the Rosstat report on the socio-economic situation in Russia in January-November, available to Vedomosti. This is the second largest grain harvest after a record 2017.

“Crop production. In 2020, according to calculations, farms of all categories (agricultural organizations, farmers, population) threshed 132.9 million tons of grain in weight after processing,” – the Rosstat report says. The ministry noted that in 2020 the grain was “threshed by 9.7% more than in the previous year.”

At the same time, according to Rosstat, sunflower seeds were harvested by 13.7% less than in 2019, sugar beets – by 40.5%, potatoes and vegetables – by 10.9% and 2%, respectively.

Earlier, in order to stabilize the situation with prices for grain products inside the country, the government decided to introduce from February 15 to June 30, 2021, a grain export quota in the amount of 17.5 million tons, as well as export duties on grain. Later, Kommersant’s sources reported that these measures began to have difficulties in exporting wheat.

In November, grain prices in Russia reached an all-time high, having increased by more than 1.5 times over the year, which provoked an increase in prices for basic foodstuffs. At a meeting on December 9, President Vladimir Putin called the rise in prices for basic foodstuffs an attempt to adjust domestic prices to match world prices. He stressed that this phenomenon must be fought.

On December 16, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Industry and Trade signed agreements with manufacturers, retail chains and industry associations, according to which the prices for sugar and sunflower oil must be adjusted within five days from the date of their signing.

Source: Vedomosti.ru

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