Russian farmers plan to increase rice production, by 2030 its production should reach 2 million tons.

Since 2014, when the embargo on the import of imported products into Russia was first introduced, the country has managed to almost completely carry out import substitution in the agricultural sector.

Currently, China uses about 600 thousand combines and over 200 thousand drones in its fields.

Payments under agricultural insurance contracts this year reached very high levels and totaled more than 2.1 billion rubles.

For agricultural companies, it is planned to maintain a large set of support measures for 2025, the Ministry of Agriculture notes.

The US Department of Agriculture has updated its forecast for wheat production in most major countries; for Russia, a decrease is expected compared to last year’s level.

Russia is currently strengthening its position as a grain supplier to Indonesia, but it will have to fight for this market against strong competitors.

As part of its move away from imports, France plans to implement an ambitious plan to build its own plant that will produce nitrogen fertilizers.

The US Department of Agriculture has greatly lowered its forecast for the production of sunflower seeds and sunflower oil, but Russian experts consider this forecast to be too pessimistic.

At the moment, the grain harvesting campaign is ahead of schedule, but due to weather conditions the harvest may be reduced.