Taking into account state support, the profitability of farmers’ activities amounted to 20.9% (25.6% — in 2021).

In 2021, due to coronavirus restrictions, China temporarily lost its status as the largest buyer of food from Russia, but returned it again in 2022.

The Ministry of Agriculture is considering imposing a ban on the export of rapeseed from March 1 to August 31, 2023. The current ban expires February 28.

In early February, several foreign seed companies sent letters to Russian partners about the termination of cooperation.

Western countries are actively accusing Russia of causing severe famine in poor African countries.

As noted in the UN FAO, for the ninth month, world food prices in general have been falling, and this applies to many types of products.

In 2021 and 2022, Russia consistently doubled the volume of agricultural supplies to Algeria. As a result, over the past 2 years they have grown several times.

In 2022, agricultural producers from the Russian Federation increased their purchases of mineral fertilizers by 16% compared to the same period of the previous year.

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation plans to launch a large-scale program for the “gasification” of Russian agricultural machinery and spend up to 500 million rubles on this program this year.

Despite the record harvest of last year, it will not be so easy to repeat it this time: there may be problems with fertilizers, seeds and machinery.