This was stated by the General Director of the Institute for agricultural market studies (IKAR) Dmitry Rylko.
"Another problem is the culture of buckwheat. If Altai Krai will gather from under the snow that fell, but melted if he will safely gather that there is sown, we expect a great harvest of this crop and suitable facilities of a Grand reduction in prices, which quite hurt the pocket of the producers", — said Rylko, speaking at a conference in the framework of the Russian agricultural exhibition "Golden autumn 2017".

On Tuesday, the head of the Department of plant growing of the Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation Pyotr Chekmarev reported RIA Novosti that Russia in 2017 can obtain a record harvest of buckwheat. The Ministry of agriculture, the harvest of this crop may amount to 1.4 million tons. According to Rosstat, the gross harvest of buckwheat in 2016 amounted to 1,186 million tons a year earlier — 861,2 thousand tons.

The Russian grain Union (RGU) has estimated domestic demand buckwheat in 700 thousand tons. The head of the Russian grain Union Arkady Zlochevsky said on Wednesday to reporters that the harvest of buckwheat in Russia in 2017 could reach 1.6 million tons.

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