Russian harvest is
all but finished at 108mmt in bunker weight including 63.9mmt of wheat,
18.3mmt of barley, 12.2mmt of corn, 9.4mmt of sunflower and 2.8mmt of soya.
Ukraine harvest is 59mmt
in bunker weight including 21.0mmt of corn, 2.2mmt of sunflowers and 3.7mmt of
soya.
Kazakhstan harvest
is officially finished at nearly 20mmt of grains in bunker weight up 5.8% on last year
including 14.7mmt of wheat, up 2% on 2014.
Russian winter crop plantings stand at 16.3mha, down 7% on last year and Ukraine winter crop
plantings are 6.6mha, down a significant 13% on last year.
Russia has exported
15.5mmt of grain so far in 2015/16MY, down 9.2% on the same period last year, including
11.7mmt of wheat, 2.5mmt of barley and 1.1mmt of corn.
In the same period Ukraine
exported 15.6mmt including 8.4mmt of wheat, 3.5mmt of barley and 3.5mmt of
corn.
Weather in Ukraine and
Russia is cloudy and cold with daytime temperatures up to 8C/46F and lows around
freezing with it getting colder as the week progresses.