The state on Thursday, August 25, the second day of purchasing interventions, and purchased from farmers of the Crimea 8370 tonnes of grain 83,150 million rubles, the press service of the Crimean stock exchange.

In total, the auction was attended by 14 companies, it was concluded 15 deals.

Most of all - 5940 tonnes at 61.8 million rubles - purchase of wheat of the 4th class. Wheat 5 class-2430 bought tons 21.4 million.

The average price of wheat of the 4th class was 10 398 rubles per ton, wheat of 5th class - 8 800 roubles.

Recall that the first auction within the framework of the purchasing interventions on the grain market of the crop of 2016 was held in the Crimea on August 19.

In two trading days, the state bought the Crimeans 11475 tons of wheat of the 4th class of 118.4 million rubles, 6750 tonnes of wheat of 5th class, 59.3 million rubles and 2430 tonnes of barley 19.4 million.

As reported, this year Crimean agrarians harvested about 1.5 million tons of grain and can sell to the state Fund for agricultural year (July 2016 - June 2017) to 100 thousand tons.

This year, the Ministry of agriculture has approved a minimum price for procurement interventions on wheat of 3rd grade - 10 900 rubles per ton, wheat 4-go a class - 10 400 rubles. The price of wheat of 5th class is 8 800 rubles, rye - 7 400 rubles, barley - 8 000 rubles and corn - 7 900 rubles per ton.

It is planned to start in September the purchase of intervention in the Volga region, Siberia and the Urals.