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Russia may export third-largest volume of grains and legumes in history this season


The article reports on forecasts for Russia's grain and legume exports for the 2025/26 agricultural season. According to Igor Pavensky of the Rusagrotrans analytical center, exports are projected to reach 61.8 million metric tons, supported by favorable soil moisture levels.

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“Russia’s exports of grains and legumes in the current agricultural season running from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 are forecast at 61.8 mln metric tons”
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The TASS Telegram post mentions that Russia may export the third-largest volume of grains and legumes, but the specific figure of 61.8 mln metric tons is not corroborated by other independent sources in the provided evidence. Other sources discuss wheat specifically or different timeframes.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian Empire was the final period of the Russian monarchy, spanning most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russians (Russian: русские, romanized: russkiye [ˈruskʲɪje] ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian, the most spoken Slavic language. The majority of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians
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“which would become the third-largest volume in the country’s history”
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The claim that this volume would be the third-largest in history is mentioned in the TASS/presentation evidence, but not corroborated by other independent sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russians (Russian: русские, romanized: russkiye [ˈruskʲɪje] ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian, the most spoken Slavic language. The majority of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian Empire was the final period of the Russian monarchy, spanning most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire
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“Exports of grains and legumes in 2025/26 may reach 61.8 mln metric tons compared to 53.36 mln metric tons last season.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia and news entries about Russia that do not mention grain export volumes for the previous season.
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen coun…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · Russia is a land of superlatives. By far the world’s largest country, it covers nearly twice the territory of Canada, the second largest. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and …
https://www.britannica.com/place/Russia
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Reuters.com is your online source for the latest Europe news stories and current events, ensuring our readers up to date with any breaking news developments
https://www.reuters.com/world/russia/
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“This would be the third-largest volume after 2022-2023 and 2023-2024”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists of definitions of the number '2' and does not contain any information regarding Russian grain export history.
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web search NEUTRAL — Two is a noun when it refers to the number two as in two plus two is four. The word two is derived from the Old English words twā (feminine), tū (neuter), and twēġen (masculine, which survives today i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 8, 2019 · The Number 2 for kids - Learning to Count - Numbers from 1 to 10 - The Number Two Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D32JZKKgjJg
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of TWO is being one more than one in number. How to use two in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two
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“Wheat exports by the end of the season are forecast at about 46.5 mln metric tons”
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Different sources provide different forecasts for 2025/26 wheat exports: TASS mentions 46.5 mln metric tons, 'Biggest Wheat Exporters in 2025' mentions 46 mln metric tons, and SovEcon is cited as raising its forecast to 43.3 million tons.
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web search NEUTRAL — Russian wheat exports in 2025/26 are forecast near record highs, keeping global supply ample and spot wheat prices in EUR stable despite regional weather and US cuts.
https://commodity-board.com/russian-wheat-exports-surge-towa…
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web search NEUTRAL — DJ Russian Wheat Exports Seen as Rising -- Market Talk Black Sea consultancy SovEcon says that it has raised its forecast for Russian wheat exports, increasing its outlook by 400,000 metric tons to 43…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aslamhizir_dj-russian-wheat-e…
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web search NEUTRAL — Export volume (million metric tons). Contribution to global exports (%).This year, Russia's wheat exports are expected to be 46 million metric tons, which will be 16% of the global supply chain.
https://www.tradologie.com/blogs/boost-your-knowledge-bigges…
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“barley at 6.1 mln metric tons”
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The specific forecast of 6.1 mln metric tons for barley is mentioned in the TASS-related evidence, but other sources discuss different years (2024 or 2026/27 production) or general trends.
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore 2026 Russian barley market trends: rising production, zero export duties, and booming demand for organic barley powder.Russia's 2026/27 production is forecast to rise to 85.9 million metric to…
https://www.accio.com/business/russian-barley
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web search NEUTRAL — Export volume in million metric tons.Barley export volume from Russia 2017-2025. Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 29, 2025.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1178537/barley-export-vo…
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web search NEUTRAL — The forecast of Russian barley exports for 2024 has been raised by the SovEcon analytical center from 2.4 million tons to 2.6 million tons.
https://statbeer.com/en/news/russia-has-increased-its-foreca…
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“corn at 5.1 mln metric tons”
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The specific forecast of 5.1 mln metric tons for corn is mentioned in the TASS-related evidence, while other sources discuss Q1 2026 actuals (1.2 mln tonnes) or 2024 values.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 15 (Interfax) - Russia exported 1.2 million tonnes of corn in Q1 2026, up 1.7-fold year-on-year, while export revenue increased almost 1.6-fold to over $260 million, the Agroexport federal center …
https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/117582/
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web search NEUTRAL — Exports. In 2024, Russia exported $492M of Corn, making it the 12nd largest exporter of Corn (out of 159) in the world.The fastest growing markets for Corn exports from Russia between 2023 and 2024 we…
https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/corn/reporter…
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia has significantly increased corn exports in the first 10 months of the current agricultural season.
https://iz.ru/en/node/2097595
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“legumes at 3.4 mln metric tons”
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The specific forecast of 3.4 mln metric tons for legumes is mentioned in the TASS-related evidence, while other sources discuss a historical maximum of 1.6 million tons.
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web search NEUTRAL — Rusagrotrans has adjusted its wheat export forecast for Russia, raising it slightly to 5.17 million tons for October. Export prices for Russian wheat are seeing subtle changes, with 12.5% protein whea…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sovecon_franceagrimer-lowered…
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia's export quota started to take effect on February 15. Despite continued price increases, exporters' margins remain low. In addition, bad weather at ports has had a direct impact on shipments.
https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/russia-wheat-ex…
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web search NEUTRAL — The country exported a record 1.6 million tons of legumes, an increase of 38% from the previous year, generating $693 million, a 97% increase from 2020. This growth is primarily due to a 64% increase …
https://www.tridge.com/news/russian-export-of-leguminous-cro…
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“soil moisture reserves remain at high or medium levels in virtually all grain-producing regions of Russia”
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