MOSCOW, September 5 As a result of the introduction of export duties on grain in the Russian Federation, there has been a trend towards a reduction in sown areas and insufficient use of technologies in growing, all this in In the event of a drought, it can seriously reduce the grain crops, the head of the Russian Grain Union (RGU), Arkady Zlochevsky, believes.
“Now we have 47 million hectares to harvest, half a million hectares less than last year. In 2021, the overall level was higher at 47.9 million. with us,» Zlochevsky said at a press conference at the international multimedia press center of the Rossiya Segodnya media group.
Now, the head of the RGU says, domestic grain prices are falling under the pressure of the new crop — in some regions up to 11 thousand rubles per ton at a cost of 10 thousand. «And this is a very poor foundation for production manufacturability: it is weak this season — but the weather is lucky, and therefore it does not work as a loss,» he added. Meanwhile, temperature risks are growing — meteorologists are talking about the beginning of El Niño, and the impact of this phenomenon is manifested in a drought: such, he recalled, was in the Russian Federation in 2010.
““The only way to protect yourself from such risks is by the manufacturability of crops, and there is nothing to comply with it,” the head of the RGU believes. According to him, over the past 1.5 years, the renewal of the fleet of vehicles has fallen by 20-50%, fuel has risen in price by 70-80% over the year, plant protection products — by 20% or more. And the purchasing power of farmers has outlived itself, he added: for example, fertilizers, after more than doubling in price over the past 2 years, have now fallen in price by 30% — «there is no demand, it is impossible to buy at such prices.»
With the availability of means of production, the lack of nutrients in the soil is also associated. «Now the yield is 31 centners per hectare, last year it was 10 centners more: the draining of nutrient reserves is transformed into productivity, we invest three times less than the required level of replenishment — it's just that the reserve (of chernozems) is very large, but it is not eternal,» he noted. Zlochevsky.
“Peasants are sitting in a very bad economy because of duties. If this goes on for too long, we will lose the foundation for the harvest: the level of productivity will begin to fall if manufacturability falls,” the head of the RGU fears. For example, in the drought of 2010, crop losses were 30%, but only a third of this volume was affected by drought, while for the most part it was the low technology of crops, Zlochevsky noted.
In Russia, a flexible export duty is applied on wheat, corn and barley, which operates as part of the grain damper mechanism. The calculation uses data on the price of export contracts listed on the stock exchange and the arithmetic average of the dollar against the ruble of the Bank of Russia five working days before the date of calculation. The funds received are sent to the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in the form of subsidies to producers of wheat, rye, corn and fodder barley. //ria.ru/20230904/zerno-1894141281.html» data-title=»Russia is waiting for a good grain harvest, Putin said»>