I very much hope that Russia realizes how important this milestone is…
Russia’s agriculture sector is booming and the country has surpassed the US and Canada to become the world’s top wheat exporter, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced during his annual year-end press conference.
The Russian president noted that over the past several years, the country has changed from a major importer of grain to a major exporter.
“The Soviet Union was always buying grain, we were one of the largest buyers of grain, wheat. I would like to mention that today Russia is the largest supplier of wheat to the world market, we are number one,” he said, adding: “We are ahead of the United States and Canada.”
Something tells me that Russians understand that their future is balanced in agriculture…
WtR
https://www.rt.com/business/476274-russia-has-become-worlds-number/