According to the Minister of agriculture Dmitry Patrushev, the harvesting campaign is established. And forecasts for the grain harvest will be finished. The agriculture Ministry expects this season to collect 122,5 million tons of grain. Thus, for the fourth consecutive year Russia will gather more than 120 million tons of grain. Drought in the South and in the regions of the Urals Federal district must not spoil the overall picture, the Minister said.
According to the “Center of Agrobaltika” under the Ministry of agriculture, now the cleaning is already ahead of the area in 2019. But average yield remains below. By July 21, grains and legumes threshed from the area of 10.6 million hectares, collected 35.3 mln tons of grain with a yield of 33.4 centners per ha (down 3.6 tons per ha by 2019). Yields in the centre higher than last year by 7.9%, in the Volga region by 74%.
However, the new season is still far behind the rate of exports: according to “Center Agrobaltika”, 1 to 19 of July the export of cereals amounted to slightly more than 1.1 million tonnes, while over the same period of last year, we exported 1.95 million tons.
in addition, although the global market has developed attractive prices and demand for Russian grain high, while the price of wheat below our competitors at 2-11 USD / tonne, says the head of the crop “of the Center Agrobaltika” Rudolph Bulavin. Today a tonne of Russian wheat give 206-207 dollars, while a year earlier – 194-196 dollars. “Domestic and export prices will be largely strengthened as the completion of the harvest on the background of robust domestic and export demand,” – said Bulavin.
Despite the drought, low export growth, while we worry about, the Vice-President of the Russian grain Union Alexander Korbut. Since last year we have accumulated a considerable margin, allowing the farmers not to sell grain at the start of the season, just to get at least some income. And physical volumes of grain so far less less. The drawdown in exports offset the increase in supplies from the center, but the crop could be harvested. But the risks of drought, many farmers of the South and the Urals in advance insured.
According to the National Union of agricultural insurers, in regions declared a state of emergency, the insured 1.72 million hectares of crops of spring and winter crops (Chelyabinsk oblast did not insure crops). All with state of the insured crop on a quarter more than last year. “All the risks that today are implemented in the affected regions, covered by insurance with state support”, – assured the President of the NRA of the Roots of biggov.
