Russians warn about deficiency of rye bread

The rye crop to Russian Federation in 2023 can decrease to 1,8 million t, and then bread from this culture becomes expensive a rarity, the chairman of the board of the Union of the flour-grinding and krupyany enterprises Sviridenko Igor warns. For comparison: productivity of previous year made 2,18 million t; in 2023 cultivated areas under a rye were reduced from 894 thousand hectares to 834 thousand hectares. About 97% of a predicted crop of 2023 fall to the share of 1-3 grades of a rye, from them 59% - to the 3rd grade. Sviridenko Igor explains that it is bad indicators of quality. In his opinion, "the rye does not enjoy popularity at the state...