Most of Russia's 2023 wheat harvest is recognized as fourth class

Almost half of the wheat harvested in Russia in 2023 turned out to be of the fourth quality class. These data were published on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia; they are based on research by laboratories of the Rosselkhozcenter and Rosselkhoznadzor. A total of 55.3 million tons of wheat were tested. Most of all, 26 million 435.6 thousand tons (48.5% of the surveyed volume) was accounted for by 4th class wheat (gluten content of at least 18%). The share of 5th class wheat (feed) amounted to 13 million 589.1 thousand tons, or 24.9%, wheat that does not comply with GOST - 260.9 thousand tons (0.5%), the report says. It is separately indicated that of the collected durum wheat, 61.7% ...