September 17 2004, 10:51 APK-Inform

Russia: new crop grain quality performances as of Sept. 16

According to the data of Russian State Bread Inspectorate as of September 16, examination of 27.3 tonnes of new crop wheat (68 percent of the total crop) revealed that the share of milling wheat constituted 70 percent against 69 percent the week before. The share of top quality (3rd class) milling wheat increased 1 percent from the previous week - to 28 percent. The share of mid-quality (4th class) milling wheat has not changed, staying at 42 percent. The share of feed wheat decreased 1 percent - to 30 percent of the tested amount.

As of September 16 the Inspectorate also tested 2.1 million tonnes of newly harvested rye (69 percent of the total crop) and found out that that the share of milling grain within this volume was 81 percent against 80 percent last week. The share of top quality (1st class) rye is 27 percent of the tested volume.