According to the company "Prozerno", on 18 January, the price per ton of wheat reached a record high of 42.8 thousand rubles, which is 3 770 rubles more than the previous week. It is the highest weekly increase and the highest price among the three major cereal crops (buckwheat, rice, millet).

As has declared "to Interfax" the General Director of the company Vladimir Petrichenko, the rise in price of grain due primarily from price increases on logistics and fuel, increase in "non-VAT" and other infrastructure factors.

"Now they affect the growth of prices. The increase associated with a poor harvest of millet, occurred at the end of last year," he said, Recalling that in late December, the price per ton of wheat was 39 020 rubles. At this level, it lasted until January 11.

In January 2018, according to "Prozerno", the ton of wheat was worth 15.1 thousand rubles.

According to Petrichenko, the current rising price of wheat — not the limit, the rise in prices of cereals will continue in the range of 46 to 48 thousand rubles per ton.

In the markets of other cereals situation, according to him, is not this dynamic.

"For rice, we can talk about stability," — said the expert.

Explaining why infrastructural factors had the greatest influence on the price of millet, and in other markets was not so significant, V. Petrichenko stated that "the market of millet this factor you can "win" because the second year in a row going to a small crop of millet". "The buckwheat and rice, which stocks higher "climb" is difficult, and the market of wheat is thin, it is easier to do it," he said.

According to Rosstat, Russia in 2018 gathered 216 thousand tons of millet vs. 316 thousand tons in 2017 and 629 thousand tonnes in 2016. Harvest of buckwheat in the past year decreased to 930 thousand tons from 1.5 million tons a year earlier, rice was increased to 1 038 thousand tonnes 987 tonnes respectively.