Russia: Ministry of Agriculture not to exclude the pessimistic variant of grain harvest in 2013 at 80 mln tonnes

The strategy of grain interventions in Russia also includes such variant of the pessimistic scenario of the general grain harvest in Russia in 2013 as 80 mln tonnes, and the exports of 14 mln tonnes, the basic scenario - 95 mln tonnes and 20 mln tonnes, respectively, announced Ilya Shestakov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture.

According to him, the indices are the forecasts to determine the strategy of the grain interventions holding only, but not the real forecasts of the Ministry.

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