According to the Department of Agriculture, in 2017 – 2018 areas under corn cultivation in the state of Parana decline by 33% to 344.5 thousand hectares at 513.6 thousand hectares in the previous season.
According to Rusagrotrans, in August, Russia exported 4.84 млmillion tonnes оf grain, a new monthly record and exceeds the previous August 2014 record of 4.64 million tonnes.