Russia Plants 7.1 Million Hectares of Spring Wheat, Lagging 12% on Persistent Rain
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 4
Russia Plants 7.1 Million Hectares of Spring Wheat, Lagging 12% on Persistent Rain
1 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 4
Summary
Russian farmers had sown about 7.1 million hectares of spring wheat by May 26, leaving planting 12% behind the same point last year.
Persistent rain has slowed fieldwork across key growing areas, raising the risk that delayed sowing could trim harvests.
The shortfall has narrowed from the first half of May as planting moves toward completion, according to Agriculture Ministry estimates cited by two local traders.
Russia is a major wheat exporter, so weather-driven setbacks in its spring crop can ripple into global grain supply expectations.