Russia: wheat production to surpass all expectations

The beginning of 2016/2017 season was characterized by constantly raised grain production estimates. Revision of harvesting area expectations and record high grain yields were the main drivers of crop estimates increase. Rosstat informed that winter crops losses were only 364 thousand ha during wintering. This is 3.1% of total planted area compared to February estimates…

Russia: rapeseed crushing to overcome exports

In the 2015/2016 marketing year rapeseed gross production in Russia reached slightly more than 1000 KMT. This result was obtained in conditions of decreasing planted area for the second consecutive season to 1038 thousand ha compared with record 1326 thousand ha in the 2013/2014 marketing year. In addition to acreage reduction, the productivity has also…