In Russia, the share of food wheat is 78%

The share of food wheat in this year’s harvest in the Russian Federation is 78%, reports Interfax with reference to Maria Shostak, director of the Altai branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "TsK APK".

“The first data on monitoring the quality of wheat in Russia: 31% is third-class wheat, with high gluten, decent quality, and excellent glassiness. 47% is fourth-class wheat, 22% is non-food grade grain,” Shostak said at the Grain of Siberia forum.

She noted the high quality of grain in Siberia, primarily in the Altai Territory. “The Altai Territory is in first place in terms of grain quality in Siberia. The share of wheat of classes 1-4 has increased significantly here. In Western Kulunda, for example, 93% of wheat is of class three. These are unique figures,” she said.

“The weighted average gluten index of Siberian grain is 24.5%. As of today’s wheat monitoring date, this is also not the case anywhere in the Russian Federation,” the expert noted.

Speaking about the quality of wheat in other districts, Shostak said that in the Urals “the grain is of good quality.” The southern and central regions have average indicators.

Shostak also reported that recently several wheat importers have increased the requirements for the quality of imported grain, in particular, the so-called “pesticide threshold.” We are talking about the number of different pesticides, the residual quantities of which must be tested for products in order to supply them to a specific country. For Turkey, for example, it is 255 pesticides, for China - 230, for Kazakhstan - 135 pesticides. “When preparing grain shipments for export, it is necessary to first look at the “pesticide threshold” and quality characteristics in order to be calm,” she noted.

According to her, China has the most phytosanitary barriers, taking into account the requirements for mycotoxins and weeds. However, there are prospects for expanding the supply of grain and grain products to its market. “China is willingly interested in and looks towards our barley, oats, peas. Flax and wheat flour are also of interest to this country,” she said, not ruling out that supplies of Altai bran to the Chinese market may begin in the near future.

Shostak also reported that lentils, soybeans, peas, buckwheat and semolina are sent to Kazakhstan. Iran and Afghanistan have a traditional demand for Altai lentils and oat flakes.

Source: https://www.zerno.ru/node/34306