Russia will harvest 87 mln tonnes of wheat in 2022, up from a record 86 mln tonnes produced in 2017, forecasts Elena Turina head of analytics department of Russian Grain Union.
Particularly, winter wheat crop will reach 64 mln tonnes compared to 53 mln tonnes in 2021.
As to the spring planting, she mentioned quite positive dynamics.
“Today, most of regions, particularly, in Siberia, Volga, central part are going to extend planted area under spring crops. Russia produced 23 mln tonnes of spring wheat last year. The crop can reach 23.5 mln tonnes in 2022. Thus, the overall production of wheat will exceed 87 mln tonnes”, – E. Turina said.
She gingerly pinned the total production of grains and pulses at 130 mln tonnes.
