Russia’s Wheat Harvest May Be 56 Million Tons, Grain Union Says
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Russian farmers may harvest as much as 56 million metric tons of wheat this year, the country’s Grain Union President Arkady Zlochevsky said, a third more than in 2010.
The new grains harvest may reach as much as 90 million tons if favorable weather continues into July, he told journalists today in Moscow. The harvest was 60.9 million tons last year after drought damaged crops, according to the Federal State Statistics Service. The harvest will include between 52 million and 56 million tons of wheat, Zlochevsky said. The wheat harvest was 41.4 million tons last year, the statistics service said.