Russia keeps 2023 grain crop forecast at 123 mln tonnes

MOSCOW, Jun 28 (PRIME) -- The Agriculture Ministry has no plans to revise its 123 million tonne gross harvest estimates for grain, including wheat in 2023 in spite of a bad weather in several regions, Deputy Minister Andrei Razin said on Wednesday.

"The situation is normal and calm so far. We expect a reasonable harvest. We have not adjusted any of the forecasts that the ministry gave," Razin said.

He added that there has recently been a drought in Siberia, in the Altai Region, but it has ended. There are also hailstorms on the north of Caucasus.

The ministry still expects wheat harvest at 78 million tonnes.

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