date:Jul 17, 2014
including 7.6 MMT of wheat where yields are averaging 3.2 MT/ha, and 4.3 MMT of barley at 2.77 MT/ha. Average grain yields this time a year ago were only 2.7 MT/ha.
Yields should improve as the harvest progresses into the generally more productive areas, said Agritel. They raised their forecasts for both Russian and Ukraine wheat production this year, although suggested that around only 50% of the Ukraine crop might make milling standard as opposed to 70% last year.
Russian origin grain was sa