October 15 2004, 10:02 APK-Inform

Russia: new crop grain quality performances as of Oct. 14

According to the data of Russian State Bread Inspectorate as of October 14, examination of 32.7 million tonnes of new crop wheat (69 percent of the total crop) revealed that the share of milling wheat constituted 72 percent. The share of top quality (3rd class) milling wheat was 31 percent (10.2 million tonnes), of mid-quality (4th class) milling wheat - to 41 percent (near 13.3 million tonnes). The share of feed wheat was 28 percent of the tested amount (9.2 million tonnes).

As of September 23 the Inspectorate also tested 2.1 million tonnes of new crop rye (71 percent of the total crop) and found out that the share of milling grain within this volume was 81 percent (1.7 million tonnes). The share of top quality (1st class) rye is 27 percent (or 573,700 tonnes) of the tested volume.