Wheat production in Russia is expected to decline next year due to adverse weather

24-Oct-2024 05:20 PM

Moscow. A leading agricultural consultancy firm has released its first estimate of wheat production in Russia for the year 2025, saying that due to lack of rain in some important producing areas of the country, the yield may decline once again.

According to the firm, about 815 lakh tonnes of wheat was produced in Russia during the year 2024, which may decline to 801 lakh tonnes in the year 2025.

It is worth noting that the average figure of wheat production in Russia for the last five years has been 881 lakh tonnes, compared to which next year's production may be 80 lakh tonnes less.

According to the firm, wheat production is likely to decline to the lowest level of the last four years as the weather conditions in the major producing areas of winter wheat remain unfavorable.

In view of this, the firm has expressed the possibility of the average yield rate of winter wheat in Russia falling to 3.43 tonnes per hectare, which is the lowest since the year 2019. The average productivity of spring wheat is estimated to be 2.10 tonnes per hectare.

Due to lack of good rains in the major producing areas for a long time, there is a huge lack of moisture in the soil of the fields. In many areas, it has come down to the lowest level in the last decade.

This is likely to have a deep adverse effect on the sowing and progress of winter wheat.

According to the consultancy firm, during the last one month, the weather in the central, southern and Volga regions of Russia remained generally dry and the rain was very less or negligible.

The situation improved somewhat due to light rain in some areas, but it is generally believed that the winter wheat crop will enter the cold season in a bad condition.

Its sowing area is likely to decrease by 7 lakh hectares to 154 lakh hectares, but the area of ​​spring wheat is expected to increase by 6 lakh hectares to reach 130 lakh hectares. This will reduce the total production.