Russia's Agriculture Ministry retains forecast for harvest of at least 135 mln tonnes of grain in 2025, including 90 mln tonnes of wheat

VOLGOGRAD. July 4 (Interfax) - Russia's Agriculture Ministry has retained the previously announced forecast for the harvest of at least 135 million tonnes of grain in 2025, including 90 million tonnes of wheat.

"We have announced our forecasts. We have retained the forecast for about 135 million tonnes of grain and we expect 90 million tonnes of wheat," Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut told reporters during the All-Russia Field Day in the Volgograd Region on Friday.

The harvest has been complicated, Lut said. "We have harvested about 4 million tonnes of grain, though we had much more last year. Weather conditions are interfering, especially in the central area, in the Volga Federal District, where it has been raining. Many enterprises have not been able to enter the fields yet," she said, adding that, "we hope that the weather changes."