War with Ukraine: Russia Resorts to Silobags, a Technology that Generated a Revolution in Argentina
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A technology that had a major expansion in Argentina gained ground in Russia, the world’s largest exporter of wheat. Russian producers expanded the use of silobags to store near the fields the grain that was accumulated due to the disruptions of trade in the Black Sea, according to a Reuters report signed by Olga Popova and Gleb Bryanski. Bags cost less than conventional silos and each can store up to 200 tons. Since early July, Russian shipment…
Now that Russian grain exports across the Black Sea are threatened by Ukrainian drone attacks, stockpiles in the Russian interior are rising rapidly. Because traditional silo capacity is exhausted, farmers are increasingly opting for a more risky storage method: enormous plastic vacuum bags in the fields. This is reported by news agency Reuters. These are cheap, but pose risks to the shelf life of the harvest.
The Russian Federation has so far collected about 140 million tons of grain in bunkers, including more than 95 million tons of wheat, and reported to the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Oksana Lutha, at the meeting of the State Duma Committee on Agrarian Issues.
Russian farmers have collected about 140 million tons of grain in bunker weight from 97 per cent of the area, reported in Minselkhoz. "The cereal and beans were almost 97 per cent completed. Some 140 million tons of grain in bunker weight have been collected, including more than 95 million tons of wheat," says a report from the Ministry in Mah. According to the year's report, some 140 million tons of net grains are expected to be added to the Mi…
Under the conditions in which drone attacks in the Black Sea disrupt the commercial activity of the world's largest wheat exporter, Russian farmers resort to an innovative, although potentially risky, solution for the storage of the grain harvest, because the traditional silos no longer meet, transmits Reuters, according to Agerpres. This year, the Russian farmers [...] Article Russia deposits the grain in plastic bags because the silos are full…
As drone attacks in the Black Sea disrupt trade in the world's largest wheat exporter, Russian farmers are turning to an innovative - if potentially riskier - method of storing their grain harvest. This is...
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