Russia and other world’s leading wheat producers – Business – Kommersant

According to preliminary data Rosstat, according to the results of 2022, the grain harvest in Russia in net weight amounted to 153.8 million tons, an increase of 26.6% compared to 2021. In particular, 104.4 million tons of wheat were harvested – an increase of 37.1% compared to 76.1 million tons a year earlier. According to the statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Russia is traditionally one of the world’s largest producers of wheat. Since 2000, she has always been in the top five. Since 2014, it has consistently ranked third, second only to China and India. The highest yields since the beginning of the century were recorded in 2017 and 2020 (86 million tons each). Thus, the 2022 harvest could be a record one. What other countries are in the top 10 world wheat producers – in the material “Kommersant”.