ʻO Evgenia Serova, ka luna hoʻomalu o nā kulekele mahiʻai ma ka Institute of Agricultural Research ma ke Kula kiʻekiʻe o Economics, ma kaʻaha kūkā "Crop Production of Russia" i kapaʻia nā pilikia e hiki ke kū i kaʻoihana mahiʻai Lūkini ma muli o ke aniau.
ʻO ka mua o lākou he geographical. E neʻe ana nā ʻāpana mahiʻai i nā wahi i hana ʻole ʻia ma mua, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻohe ʻenehana, ʻaʻohe limahana, ʻaʻohe ʻenehana. I ka manawa like, ma nā wahi o ka mahiʻai kuʻuna, e ulu pinepine nā pilikia e pili ana i nā kūlana maikaʻi ʻole - nā kahawai, nā maloʻo. Wahi a ka loea, pono e hoʻololi i nā kūlana hou i ka ʻenehana: hoʻolauna i ka irrigation, hana i nā hoʻololi hua hou, hoʻohana i nā ʻano mea kanu hou. Pono kēia mau mea a pau i nā hoʻopukapuka koʻikoʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dmitry Rylko, ka Luna Nui o ka Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR), e kūʻē i ke ʻano o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, ke loli nei ka palena o ka ʻoihana mahiʻai ma nā wahi nui o Rūsia. Wahi a ia, ʻaʻole e lawe hou mai nā ʻāpana hema i ka waiwai i nā mea hana mahiʻai, a me kekahi mau ʻāpana o ka Western Black Earth Region - no ka laʻana, ʻo ka ʻāina ʻo Kursk - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, akā ua haʻahaʻa i ka waiwai ma mua o Ukraine.