Global appetite for Russian grains up amid sanctions — in pictures

A man loads grain into a seeder before sowing a field. Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters

An employee works at a warehouse during corn harvesting. High corn prices on the global market are keeping up the interest of Russia’s agricultural producers in the export of their products. Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters

An employee works at a warehouse during corn harvesting. Russia harvested 11.5 million tonnes of corn last year. Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters

A man walks in a field as a combine machine harvests corn in southern Russia. Russia is enjoying the second largest grain crop in its post-Soviet history this year. Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters

Russia’s grain export may reach 24.5 million tonnes in the 2013-2014 seasons. Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters

South Korea, the European Union and Turkey are the biggest buyers of the grain - including corn - from Russia. Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters

Tractors are used to sow winter wheat in a field in southern Russia. Domestic appetite for grain has been supported by a Russian ban on most Western food imports in retaliation for the sanctions. Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters

A man in a tractor prepares a field before sowing winter wheat. Farmers recently sowed their winter wheat crop in the driest soil in five years. Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters

A driver gets out of a cabin to unload the truck at a warehouse. Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters

Russia will double its corn export to 4.15 million tonnes in the 2013-2014 season compared with 1.93m tonnes during the past season, just as farmers recently sowed their winter wheat crop in the driest soil in five years.