MOSCOW, June 23 (Reuters) – Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, began harvesting its 2021 grain crop on Wednesday with brilliant prospects for one more 12 months of huge manufacturing.
Russia’s southern area of Stavropol started to usher in winter barley, its regional agriculture ministry stated in a press release.
Winter-wheat harvesting within the Stavropol area is anticipated to begin shortly, with probably the most energetic a part of the works deliberate within the first 10 days of July, the ministry stated, including that it sees the area’s 2021 grain crop at eight million tonnes.
Stavropol is one in every of many areas of Russia the place the beginning of harvesting was delayed by about 10-14 days this 12 months as earlier rains and funky climate delayed spring grain sowing.
Nevertheless, latest climate has been beneficial for the crops, Sovecon, one of many main agriculture consultancies in Moscow, stated on Wednesday.
It raised its forecast for Russia’s 2021 wheat crop by 2.2 million tonnes to 84.6 million tonnes. Russia harvested 85.9 million tonnes of wheat in 2020. L2N2O517P
(Reporting by Polina Devitt; modifying by Mark Heinrich)
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