Russia’s Weather to Limit Crops Again After Last Year’s Drought

Russia, which lost 25 percent of its grain harvest to drought last year, will see production restricted again this season as drought in parts of the country’s European area and cold, wet conditions in Siberia damage crops, producers said.

Russia will have about the same total grain supply in the 2013-14 season that began July 1 as last year at about 85 million to 90 million metric tons, said Pavel Skurikhin, president of the country’s Grain Producers’ Union, at a briefing in Moscow today.