Russian Harvest Latest

According to the agriculture ministry, Russia had harvested 65.2 MMT of grains in bunker weight as of Sept 1st.

That's 22.5% down on the 84.2 MMT harvested at the same time last year. So far yields averaged 2.6 MT/ha, they say.

The wheat harvest currently stands at 41.2 MMT, 18.4% down on 50.5 MMT last season, and the barley harvest stands at 14.8 MMT, down 29% on the 20.8 MMT cut this time last season.