Russian Grain Markets: 11-17 September 2013 Harvesting Updates As of 16 September, grain and leguminous crops were harvested on 31.8 million hectares, 69.1 percent of the forecast (2.2 million hectares less than as of the same date in 2012). The volume of the grain produced was 71.1 MMT (8.9 MMT more than as of the same date in 2012) with the average yield of 2.23 MT/hectare (1.83 MT/hectare in 2012). Specifically, wheat was harvested on 17.6 million hectares, 70.1 percent of the target (44.4 MMT produced with the average yield of 2.52 MT/hectare), barley was harvested on 7 million hectares, 77.1 percent of the target (13.9 MMT produced, the average yield of 1.98 MT/hectare) and corn was harvested on 210,700 hectares, 8.6 percent of t...
What You Need to Know Today: Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans continued to accelerate, with USDA reporting another 558 KMT sold to China and 236 KMT to unknown destinations. Combined with sales announced Wednesday and Thursday, the latest purchases bring the three-day total to approximately...
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