Riga Dzirnavnieks plans to buy up to 150,000 tons of grain this year

AS Rīgas Dzirnavnieks plans to buy up to 150,000 tons of wheat, rye and oats this season, which is similar to the amount of grain purchased last year, informed the company Anita Skudra

. Wheat crops will be the first to be received from farmers, and they are expected to arrive already this week and the beginning of next week. Then the other cereals ripen successively – oats, rye and summers

As Skudra said, the first cereals will be received very early this year. "Usually we expect them at the end of July and in the cooler summers, even the first week of August, but this year we'll have them two or three weeks earlier." It's still too early to judge their quality, but given the concerns expressed by farmers, the most important is that the cereals grown meet the quality criteria for food grains.Our specialists are looking at the fields and are currently optimistic about grain at Vidzeme and Latgale. depends on the future weather.As the recent years show, the situation in this area may unexpectedly change in a week, "said the company's head." Rīgas dzirnavnieks "plans to buy up to To 150,000 tons of cereals, focusing on three crops: wheat, rye and oats. Additional attention will be given to purchases of organic cereals, as well as cereals grown without growth regulators and taking into account the stringent requirements of the "Rīgas Dzirnavnieks" cereal crop.

This year cereal prices remain diverse and, for the moment, are at a price level similar to that of last year. The actual purchase prices for the convenience of farmers will be published on the homepage of the company.

The company continues to export markets and export grain products to over 30 different countries of the world. The total share of exports already accounts for about 40% of total production. In order to ensure the export market demand for Hercules and other products, Riga Dzirnavnieks increases production output every year.

As reported, in the last fiscal year from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, Riga Dzirnavnieks achieved a turnover of 23.878 million euros, or 2.4% more than 39 a year earlier, Rīgas Dzirnavnieks produces and sells cereal products – wheat and rye flour, flour mixes, flakes, grains and groats for industrial consumers, as well as prepackaged products. for personal use with Herkuless, Hercog and Real Maid brands. "Rīgas Dzirnavnieks" is part of the Baltic Mill group company, one of the largest and most advanced grain processing groups in the Baltic States