Russian wheat export prices increased last week due to anticipated tighter supplies from an early export surge, smaller harvest, and high demand. The price of new-crop Russian wheat with 12.5% protein content for November delivery was $230 a tonne, up $7. The official grain harvest forecast for Russia this year has been reduced to 130 million tons, including 83 million tons of wheat. However, rains in drought-affected regions could potentially improve the condition of winter wheat crops in the south, south-central, and Volga region.