Russian Wheat Farmers Will Get Relief as Soggy Fields to Dry Out
- Dry weather will help prevent disease, CWG forecaster says
- June will be a crucial month for Russian wheat crop, IKAR says
A worker displays handfuls of harvested grain during the summer wheat harvest on a farm operated by Kuban Agroholding, a unit of Basic Element Co., in Ust-Labinsk, Russia, on Sunday, June 26, 2016. Russian wheat-export prices dropped to a six-year low last week as prices in major competitors such as the U.S. and France fell and harvesting of a bumper crop was about to start.
Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/BloombergRussia’s wheat fields are expected to see warm, dry weather in the next two weeks, a relief for farmers that have struggled with a cold and soggy planting season.
Wet fields of winter wheat will start drying out, which would benefit the crop to be harvested next month, according to Commodity Weather Group. Later in June, most models show rain will return, which would replenish soil moisture and keep the crop in good shape, said David Streit, a forecaster for the Bethesda, Maryland-based firm.