So, experts of the company "Rusagrotrans" from August 1 of the current year increased the forecast for grain harvest in Russia to 115,8-116,8 million tons, including, according to their calculations, the wheat will be gathered 70-71 million tons. Earlier, the Deputy Director of Department of strategic marketing Igor Pavensky has announced that the company's forecast concerning the volume of Russian grains totaled 113 million tons, of which wheat is estimated at 68.4 million tonnes, respectively.

Analytical company Prozerno also increased the crop forecast last week. The updated estimate has risen from 110 million tons to 116.1 million tonnes, focusing on high yield already processed territories, said the Director of the company Vladimir Petrichenko.

The General trend to changes in the forecasts was supported by the Russian grain Union (RGU). Due to the favourable weather conditions in the South and high yield forecast for the Russian grain increased from 111 million tons to million tons 114-115, Vice-President of the Russian grain Union Alexander Korbut.

2 million tonnes, increased assessment and the Institute for agricultural market studies (IKAR). As the head of IKAR Dmitry Rylko, the current estimate of the volume of the Russian grain crop could reach 114 million tons.

"Sovekon" traditionally updates the forecast for the grain harvest every month. The July estimate is kept at 109 million tonnes, said Director of the analytical center Andrei Sizov. A week later, the company plans to increase the forecast given the high yields in all regions of the European part of Russia. The yield is high in the South and in other regions, says Sizov. Clarifies that early experts "Sovekon" came from the fact that the yield will be slightly above average.

Of particular interest is the forecast announced by the Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation. The Agency has estimated the amount of harvested crop in Russia, with 110 million tons under favorable weather conditions. The last time the Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation revised its forecast for crops in early July, raising the rating of their volumes by 4 million tonnes.