Russian Wheat Harvest Declined 33% Last Year, Government Says
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Russia’s wheat harvest was 41.5 million metric tons in 2010, the country’s agriculture ministry said, citing the state statistical service, Rosstat. That was down by a third from a year earlier.
The overall grain crop fell 37 percent in 2010 to 60.9 million tons after drying and cleaning, following the worst drought in at least 50 years in Russia.