Russian Grain Markets: 1-7 May 2012 GRAINS AND PRODUCTS Planting Updates as of 4 May Bashkortostan Republic: Spring grain crops have been planted on 661,000 ha.Tatarstan Republic: Spring grain crops have been planted on 798,400 ha, including barley on 355,500 ha (100 percent of the target) and wheat on 334,800 ha (71 percent of the target).Orenburg Oblast: Spring grain and grain legumes have been planted on 614,200 ha (26 percent of the target).Altayskiy Krai: Spring grain and grain legume crops have been planted on 545,000 ha (16 percent of the target), including 118,000 ha of wheat, 72,000 ha of barley and 154,000 ha of sunflower seed.Ulyanovsk Oblast: Spring grain crops and grain legume crops have been planted on 145,600 ha, i...
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Russian Grain Markets: 12–16 October 2026 During the week in review, the Russian grain market began recovering after an extended decline driven largely by Black Sea logistics bottlenecks, a good crop and weaker global demand in traditional Russian markets. Russia is beginning to harvest c...
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Forecasting developments in production agriculture
On behalf of a private U.S. agricultural technology provider, WPI’s team generated an econometric model to forecast the movement of concentrated corn production north and west from the traditional U.S. Corn Belt. WPI’s model has subsequently provided quantitative support to a multi-million-dollar investment into short-season corn variety development. WPI’s methodology included a series of interviews with regional grain elevators and seed consultants. Emphasizing outreach and communication with stakeholders who possess intimate sectoral knowledge – on-the-ground insights – is a regular component of WPI’s methodologies, made possible by WPI’s ever-growing network of industry contacts.