MOSCOW- Russia's southern region of Krasnodar, one of the largest wheat producing and exporting areas of the country, has harvested a record grain crop of 12.4 million tonnes, its governor said on social media.

Harvesting in Russia, the world's largest wheat exporter, has been delayed by rainy weather this year.

The Krasnodar region, also known as Kuban, completed its grain harvesting, and the crop includes 10.5 million tonnes of winter wheat, regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev said.

Its neighbouring Stavropol region is expected to complete this year's harvesting in early August, the regional agriculture ministry said in a statement. It has already harvested 7.4 million tonnes of grain from 87% of its area.

The third southern major wheat producing region - Rostov - has already harvested more than 7 million tonnes of wheat from 60% of the area.

(Reporting by Polina Devitt; Editing by Edmund Blair) ((Polina.Devitt@thomsonreuters.com))