The state on Tuesday, October 18, bought from farmers 30 780 tonnes for a total amount of RUB 439 283 250 reported NTBs.

Main purchased volume was wheat class 4 - 24 165 tons. Also purchased 4 320 tons of wheat class 5 and 2 295 tonnes of barley. Wheat class 3 in purchases did not appear.

The average prices of purchase of grain as of October 18 were:

• wheat of 4 class – 9 467 rubles/t;
• wheat 5 class – 8 404,7 rubles/t;
• barley – 8 000 RUB/t

Since the beginning of bidding in 2016/17 MG (19 September) at site NTB was purchased 417,455 thousand tons of grain to total more than 4 billion.

We will remind that the first auctions on NTBs held on Monday. Then the state bought agricultural producers of the Kurgan and Omsk regions of 11.34 tons of grain (from tendered to 14.04 thousand tons) for a total 113,083 million RUB for the second time the government bought from farmers of 83.43 thousand tons for the total amount of 850,588 million rubles, reported NTB. In the third trading day it was purchased 63,99 thousand tons of grain (for sale 64,665 thousand tons) for a total amount of RUB 640 million for the fourth trading day, 28 September, was purchased 61,02 thousand tons (offered for sale 61,115 thousand tons) totaling 608,18 million RUB In extreme day trading, on 4 October, the government bought selhozproizvoditelej 58 725 tons (offered for sale 62,1 thousand tons) totaling 560 472 750 RUB. on 5 October the government bought from farmers 48 195 tons for a total amount of RUB 125 450 181 11 Oct purchased 44 415 tonnes for a total amount of 407 325 375 RUB State October 12, bought from farmers 46 305 tons, totaling 254 424 375 RUB.

The mechanism of procurement (procurement by the state grain) and commodity (selling grain from the state intervention Fund) intervention operates in Russia since 2001. It is aimed at the stabilization of prices on the grain market and support agricultural producers. When prices fall, the government removes excess grain from the market in order to stop its depreciation, with a sharp rise in prices - is selling grain from the state Fund and thereby stops its rise in price.