Ministry cuts Russia’s 2018 grain harvest forecast to 106 mln tns

MOSCOW, Jan 31 (PRIME) -- The Agriculture Ministry has lowered its forecast for Russia’s 2018 grain harvest to 106 million tonnes from 110.6 million tonnes projected earlier, a ministry official told PRIME on Wednesday.

“The planned figure of the state program is 106 million tonnes,” he said.

In 2017, Russia had a record high grain harvest of 134.1 million tonnes.

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