Georgian farmers do not want to sell wheat at low prices

Most of the reserves are suitable for fodder, and only 20% is grain for bread, but it was not possible to sell it either, said the head of the Association Georgian farmers hold reserves of more than 70 thousand tons of wheat, which they are reluctant to sell to mills due to the low cost of grain, said Nikoloz Beniaidze, chairman of the Georgian Grain Producers Association. According to grain producers, due to increased production costs, the price of wheat cannot even cover its cost. After the introduction of customs duties on flour imported into Georgia, it was expected that mills would purchase wheat for 70 tetri per 1 kilogram, although at this stage the cost is in the range of 50-55 tetri. Farmers say that under such conditions, local production will decrease and quality will decline. According to him, most of these reserves are suitable for fodder, and only 20% are grain for bread, but they could not sell that either. “The reason for this is that the agreement reached between ...