Russian Grain Market, 25-29 May 2026 Russian grain markets remained firm across most of European Russia last week, while activity in Asian regions was more mixed. Farmer selling remains limited despite large carryover stocks, helping support domestic values. The spread between old-crop and new-crop grain remains minimal, reflecting expectations for continued export demand and a relatively smooth transition into the 2026/27 marketing year. Russian agricultural export revenues reached $10.7 billion, up 19 percent from a year earlier, according to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev. Officials increased grain export expectations to 60 MMT, compared with an earlier forecast near 55 MMT. For reference, Russia exported 53 MMT of grain during 2...
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WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.