Russian bunker weight grain harvest reaches 130 mln tonnes - dep PM

MOSCOW. Nov 14 (Interfax) - Russia's bunker weight grain harvest is 130 million tonnes so far, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev said.

"Despite the weather difficulties, both the domestic market and export potential will be ensured for all major agricultural crops this year. In particular, 130 million tonnes of bunker weight grain has already been harvested to date," Patrushev's press office quoted him as saying during a visit to CJSC Prinevskoye, a leading outdoor vegetable and potato producer from the Leningrad region.

The Russian Agriculture Ministry is forecasting a clean weight grain harvest of 130 million tonnes, including 83 million tonnes of wheat, in 2024.