In Russia and in the Ukraine sea started in the export regions on the black the grain harvest with higher yields and of the same quality as in the previous year. World prices for wheat currently record almost 10-year low on one because good harvests are expected in other surplus regions of the world.
Russia expects even a bumper crop, and also in the Ukraine, earnings expectations have recently significantly improved. In Kazakhstan, the harvest starts in the later summer.
The Russian Ministry of agriculture reported from a wheat crop of previously 4.2 million tonnes and average yields of 4.45 tons per hectare. Average 3.74 tons of acres were taken in the previous year. The harvest started in the southern grain belt, where in Stavropol and Rostov region yields were higher than a year ago. They are at the level of the previous year, in Krasnodar IKAR reports. In the Volga region, which later harvests, it was raining but last much.
In the Ukraine, the farmers have so far harvested 369.000 tons of wheat by 2% of the surface area. The average yield is here so far at 3.75 tons, 3.2 tonnes of the hectares a year ago. Affiliated are now the harvest forecasts for the Ukraine increased to 24 million tons, they are but still under the actual harvest amount last year than 26.5 million tonnes were harvested. Here, around 40-45% quality of grinding wheat harvested as in the previous year.
