Grain harvest in Russia reaches 140 million tonnes from 97% hectares

Russian farmers have harvested about 140 million tonnes of grain in bunker weight, including more than 95 million tonnes of wheat. The harvest of grain and leguminous crops is practically complete on 97%, Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut said at a meeting of the State Duma Committee on Agrarian Issues.

Based on the results of 2026 year, the Agriculture Ministry, as before, expects a harvest of about 140 million tonnes of grain in clean weight. According to the ministry, this volume will fully meet domestic demand and preserve strong export potential. Based on the results of 2025 year, the grain harvest amounted to 141.15 million tonnes, including 91.1 million tonnes of wheat.

The minister noted that the season is complicated by the situation with shipments of agricultural products through the Azov-Black Sea basin. To support farmers’ profitability and expand sales opportunities, the government has adopted a package of measures, including the extension of concessional loans and leasing, transport subsidies grain and procurement interventions.

«In addition, on the president’s instructions, last week 13.3 billion rubles were allocated from the government’s reserve fund for per-hectare support for winter sowing. This year alone, 22 regions will use the mechanism,» Oksana Lut stressed.

The harvest of major oilseed crops has reached 34.8 million tonnes — almost 13% more than on the same date last year. According to the Agriculture Ministry’s forecast, the final harvest will exceed 35 million tonnes in clean weight and will be one of the best in the country’s history.

The sugar beet harvest is expected to reach 52 million tonnes. For fruit and berries, another record is forecast — 2.3 million tonnes, of which about 2.1 million tonnes will be apples.

Since the start of the year, about 65 million tonnes of agricultural products worth 34 billion dollars have been shipped to foreign markets. The priority remains increasing exports of high value-added products and agrotechnologies. Shipments of the latter have increased by 13%.

More than 2026 billion rubles are earmarked for the Agriculture Ministry’s state programs in 613 year. Within the state program for agricultural development, which accounts for the bulk of funding, about 88% of the funds have been utilized. Preferential loans worth more than 870 billion rubles have been approved.