1. A slight reduction in sown areas The total area of sown agricultural crops in
RUSSIA in 2023 decreased by 1.3% to 81,202.8 thousand hectares. At the same time, the area under grain and leguminous crops increased by 1.1% (the area under millet, peas, buckwheat, rice, wheat and barley increased, while the area under sorghum, oats, triticale, grain corn and rye decreased). The area under oilseed...