BARNAUL, July 12 Russia in the 2023-2024 agricultural year (from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024) took first place in the world in the export of barley and peas, said Russian Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut.
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"Within the framework of, for example, exports, yes, everyone knows, for many years now in Russia we have been holding first place in wheat exports, but in the past season, which we <…> ended on July 1, Russia for the first time took first place in barley exports. <…> And an interesting fact: we took first place in pea exports,” Lut said at the “Siberian Field Day.” in the Altai Territory.
The Minister emphasized that peas are a crop that has recently developed at a low pace, but in the last three years Russia has made a leap in this direction.
According to Rosselkhoznadzor, in the 2023-2024 agricultural year, compared to the previous season, shipments of barley increased significantly — by 67 percent, to 9.46 million tons, corn — by 31 percent, to 7.7 million tons , peas — two times, up to 3.37 million tons, wheat flour — by 60 percent, up to 1.2 thousand tons, oats — two times, up to 334.7 thousand tons, rye — three times, up to 231.5 thousand tons, buckwheat — doubled, up to 222.5 thousand tons, sunflower cake — doubled, up to 148.4 thousand tons, mustard seeds — tripled, up to 136.3 thousand tons.