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| Sanctions did not help: droughts and record harvests in Russia fell on the West |
| 2023-08-30 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Kirill Strelnikov The European mouthpiece of democracy, the French newspaper Le Figaro , which regularly regales its unpretentious readers with glib stories about Europe's endless "victory" over Russia, suddenly came out with a funeral headline the other day: "The grain trade: Russia's dominance will continue." The authors of the article admitted through gritted teeth that, despite all the frenzied economic and political pressure, "rather bright prospects" are opening up for Russia on the world food market. We pay tribute to the skillful juggling of words, because in fact "rather bright prospects" are the unconditional world dominance of Russia in terms of production and export of grain with almost a quarter of the market for one wheat. Describing the woes of the Western market, including a serious decline in world production, supply and stocks of wheat due to crop failures in Canada and Europe, lovers of French rolls actually flogged themselves and declared that Russian dominance was even "necessary in the face of global supply and demand volatility". Translating from French into Russian: dear Europeans, get ready for galloping prices for croissants; Dear Russians, please don't turn off the grain tap and don't pay attention to the fact that we are sending tons of tanks, planes and ammunition to Ukraine , that's different. But our non-partners did not have a mange pa sis jour for a reason: all the leading specialized world departments and agencies almost simultaneously came out with figures and conclusions that were completely disappointing for the West. The US Department of Agriculture "pleased" the market, saying that wheat crops in the European Union and Canada are falling due to droughts. The Standard & Poor's Global Market Intelligence agency published a minor report, according to which the US share in world wheat exports will fall to 12 percent by 2025, while wheat and corn exports from Ukraine more than doubled amid the conflict. According to the largest agency Agritel, world prices for grains and vegetable oil will inevitably rise due to unfavorable climatic conditions and falling crops in the main producing countries. Brazil's wheat exports are down 44 percent this season , India 's 30 percent, Australia 's 12 percent and Argentina 's seven, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization said. Add anti-Russian sanctions and military action to world crop failures and droughts, and the sanctions can safely reap what they deserve: in just a month, world prices for wheat rose by 2.3 percent, for corn - by 3.7, and for rice - by 3.2. All experts, without exception, argue that this upward price trend is for a long time, and the deterioration of the climate in previously prosperous countries, the decline in yields and the redistribution of the grain market is forever. We feel sorry for the North Americans and Europeans (in fact, no) and the inhabitants of Africa and Arab countries (yes), but we left the grain deal not because of harm, but because of the lies and intrigues of its "guarantors", so we are not at all worried about -for the growth of our share at the expense of Ukraine and, so be it, we are ready to take on the burden of Ukrainian deliveries to its former buyers. The burden is not very heavy, because, unlike the rest of the world, Russia is consistently breaking records in grain production. This year in Russia, the grain harvest is expected to reach 140 million tons (of which at least 90 million tons of wheat), which is the second largest record in modern history. It should be noted that new territories contributed to this figure, where, even against the backdrop of hostilities and the proximity of the front, we were able to collect almost five million tons of grain. Records are set by both the production and export of flour: this year Russia exported more than 800 thousand tons, and produced almost 9.5 million tons of flour. Yesterday, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture reported that Russian processing enterprises are 100 percent supplied with grain and its products, including bread flour. At the same time, the ministry clarified that the quality of grain this year is at a high level - about 75 percent of wheat belongs to food classes, and prices for food wheat are now lower or at the level of last year's marks. Against the backdrop of disastrous news for the West from the fields, Bloomberg said that "a rich harvest after the exit from the grain deal gives Moscow an advantage over Ukraine and Western countries" and that it could (horror!) become so that "Washington and Brussels will be forced to make concessions to Moscow or pay huge subsidies to Eastern European countries." But we will not run ahead of the locomotive and shout about loud "victories" - we will leave it to the Kiev regime and NATO . We will work quietly, build and grow bread further. Who has thicker rolls - time will tell, Celsius and Fahrenheit, and they are on our side. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 Similar behavior to outspoken Generals, Politicians and Journalists on balconies. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-08-30 14:41 |
| #1 Then what accounts for the signifcant fall of the ruble? |
| Posted by: Jerens Black9355 2023-08-30 10:37 |