Russian Grain Markets: 26 June – 2 July 2012 Harvesting Updates GRAINS AND PRODUCTS As of 4 July, according to the Russian Agriculture Ministry, Russia harvested grains on 2.1 million ha and produced 5.8 MMT of grains with an average yield of 2.76 MT/ha (compared to 4.54 MT/ha in 2011). The total area under grains and leguminous crops to be harvested in 2012 is 44.8 million ha. Harvesting is underway in the Southern and Northern-Caucasian regions, where the average grain yield totaled 2.82 MT/ha (compared to over 4.8 MT/ha last year). Despite having a worse grain harvest than the one in 2011, the Russian government does not plan to impose an embargo or export duties. The minister of agriculture forecasts 20 MMT of grain exports in 2012...
WPI Grain Prices and Freight Rate App Note: you can also visit the app directly by clicking here. Supplemental Information The section below offers a concise view of the options available in the current version of the WPI FOB Price and Freight Rate app, along with a short “How To”...
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...
From WPI Consulting
Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
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.