Wheat production in Russia estimated at 87.2 million tons

17-Sep-2025 02:00 PM

Moscow. A leading analytical firm has raised its wheat production forecast for the current year in Russia by 1.1 million tons to 87.2 million tons, significantly higher than last year's production of 82.6 million tons and lower than the normal average of 88.3 million tons. This year, record wheat production is expected in Russia's Siberia and Ural regions.

The analytical firm has raised its wheat production forecast by 1.1 million tons to 9.7 million tons in Siberia and by 300,000 tons to 4.1 million tons in the Urals. This year, wheat yields in both regions have reached record levels.

Recent heavy rainfall has slowed wheat harvesting in these two regions, as in previous years. However, favorable weather during the early stages of harvesting has led to significant increases in yields.

Now, during the next two weeks, the weather is expected to remain dry in most parts of Russia, which will accelerate the pace of harvesting.

On the other hand, the condition of wheat crop in the European part of Russia is not good, due to which the analyst firm has reduced the estimate of wheat production in the central region by 3 lakh tonnes to 213 lakh tonnes.

As the pace of harvesting increased there, indications of a decline in the yield rate started appearing. Meanwhile, the US Department of Agriculture has expressed the possibility of wheat production in Russia to be 850 lakh tonnes,

which is 15 lakh tonnes more than the previous estimate. It is noteworthy that Russia is the largest exporter of wheat in the world and the third largest producer of wheat.