Russia: Feed grain in the Novosibirsk region has risen in price for a week by almost 1,500 rubles per ton

The pace of the 2021 harvesting campaign in the Novosibirsk region is delayed due to weather conditions that have been established in the territory since September 9. This was announced at an operational meeting in the regional government by the Minister of Agriculture Yevgeny Leshchenko. - Over the past week, grain crops in the region were threshed on an area of 112 thousand hectares, or 7.5% of the harvested area. The grain is supplied to the grain grooves with a moisture content of up to 28% and requires 2-3 stages of drying. As of October 3, cereal crops in the region as a whole were threshed on an area of 1 million 78 thousand hectares, or 72%. Lagging behind the same period last year is 185 thousand hectares or 13%, the minister explained. Leshchenko also drew attention to the fact that there has been a tendency in the region to increase the selling price of grain of the new harvest, especially food. Thus, grain of the third class rose in price by 301 rubles in a week - up ...