Railway carrier: Russia may harvest 83–90 mln tns of wheat in 2023

MOSCOW, Dec 9 (PRIME) -- Russia can harvest 83–90 million tonnes of wheat in 2023, Igor Pavensky, director of the strategic marketing department of railway grain transport operator Rusagrotrans, said Friday.

"Being optimistic, if the weather is the same as during the harvesting season this year, we can reach 90 million tonnes," Pavensky said, adding that the main forecast of the company is moderate at about 83 million tonnes.

The official said that winter sowing was fairly successful, with about 3% of poor quality crops, the same as in 2021.

A serious frost and the lack of snow in the Orenburg Region and the eastern part of the Tatarstan republic are among the possible threats.

The sown area is to amount to 16.3 million hectares after 17.1 million hectares in 2021.

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