Article: Union Says Surplus Hurts Grain Market, THE MOSCOW TIMES

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Even as two years of bumper crops have inspired official hopes for a decade of strong grain exports, the Russian Grain Union said Tuesday the market could hardly be worse. Infrastructure constraints on exports and a long drop in domestic demand since the Soviet era have limited options for selling the massive surpluses, depressing grain prices and leading farmers to sow 20 percent less area for their winter crops, the union said at a news conference.

Ahead of a government session Thursday that will cover development of and intervention in the grain market, the union has demanded short- term measures including government purchases and lower railway tariffs to boost ...

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