Wheat Exports Research Articles

Climate change and agricultural trade in central Asia: evidence from Kazakhstan

ABSTRACT Agriculture in Central Asia faces tremendous challenges due to climate change. International agricultural trade is seen in the literature as a potential adaption to climate change. However, little attention has been paid to the effect of climate change on cereal trade in Central Asia. This study takes Kazakhstan as an example to empirically analyze the effect of climate change on cereal trade by including them as determinants in the gravity model. Our results show that climatic changes in Kazakhstan, measured by precipitation and temperature, could increase the export of wheat and rice and the import of maize, and decrease the import of wheat. Specifically, as a major crop in Kazakhstan, increasing precipitation by 1 millimeter during the major cropping season from May to August, will significantly enhance export of wheat by 0.7% and reduce the import by 1.7%; increasing temperature by 1°C during the same cropping season will significantly increase export of wheat by 21.9% and reduce the import by 49.4%. As an important cereal trade country in the world, the dramatic adjustments of cereal trade patterns resulting from climate change in Kazakhstan might affect global food security.

Argentina: coronavirus and soy, corn, and wheat exports

Argentina: coronavirus and soy, corn, and wheat exports

The COVID‐19 pandemic: Anticipating its effects on Canada's agricultural trade

With the deep recession now forecast for the world economy, trade can be expected to fall even more steeply. Agricultural trade will be less significantly affected, being insulated by its relatively low income elasticities of demand. However, a drop in the range of 12%–20% in real trade value should be expected. Canada can be expected to share in this, but, within agricultural exports, cereals will be least affected. This minimal expected impact to cereals stems partly from the risk of wheat export bans by Russia and Kazakhstan, due to increases in wheat prices. Livestock, pulses, and horticulture exporters can be expected to face a larger decline in trade prospects and revenues. An equally large threat, along with falling incomes in our trade partners, is their policy responses, particularly the potential increase in import restrictions. These may take the form of more costly inspections, tightened SPS and food safety regulations, and protectionist measures from competing domestic producers.

World grain market: place and role of Ukraine

Introduction. The article shows the increase in Ukraine's share in the world structure of grain exports. The average value of the growth rate of Ukrainian wheat and fodder grain exports is calculated, which is ahead of the similar world indicator. It turns out that the food supply of individual countries and regions depends on the volume of Ukrainian grain exports. It is noted that the positive side of the growth of grain exports is the increase in foreign exchange earnings, the negative - the loss of value added and reducing the use of grain for domestic needs. Purpose. Substantiation of theoretical and methodological provisions of the grain market, study of the state, patterns, prospects of the grain market of national and regional nature and development of practical recommendations for improving the organizational and economic mechanism of its regulation through generalization of conceptual approaches and implementation of foreign experience. Results. The article proves that the solution of the global food problem is connected with the production of grain products. Currently, the essence of this problem comes down to the fact that the growth rate of the world's population is ahead of the growth rate of grain production. In addition, the article substantiates how the negative impact of destructive factors on agricultural production is increasing - reducing the area of land suitable for agricultural production through construction and desertification, increasing freshwater shortages, increasing the frequency of floods, droughts and fires and increasing their distribution and more. Conclusions. While maintaining the current demographic and climate trends, the risks of food danger are increasing even for countries that have traditionally been and are suppliers of grain products to the world market. For Ukraine, such risks are because the deepening integration of its economy into the world weakens the ability of public administration to influence the redistribution and movement of food in the national market - free trade policy is the basis of the neoliberal doctrine of economic globalization. In the worst-case scenario, the owners of grain products grown in Ukraine will be foreign agricultural holdings of TNCs, which will export it abroad without restrictions provoking an acute shortage of food in the domestic market with all the negative consequences. Keywords: wheat, fodder grain, export, foreign exchange earnings, raw materials, value added, domestic use.

АНАЛІЗ КОНКУРЕНТОСПРОМОЖНОСТІ ЗЕРНОВИХ КУЛЬТУР НА АГРАРНОМУ СВІТОВОМУ РИНКУ

У статті розглянута актуальна проблема вивчення на прикладі зернових взаємозв'язку експорту продукції агропромислового комплексу України, ЄС і країн світу, а також визначення ефективності експорту з України зернових на європейський і світовий ринки в умовах створення зони вільної торгівлі з ЄС. Доведено, що Україна займає значне місце на світовому ринку зернових: частка в експорті пшениці в середньому становить 5,7%; в експорті ячменю – 14,8%; у світовому експорті кукурудзи – 9,1%; водночас частка України в експорті пшениці в ЄС становить 33,7%, в експорті ячменю – 48,9%, в експорті кукурудзи – 64,4%. Встановлено, що ефективність українського експорту зернових порівняно з ЄС у середньому для пшениці становить 35%, ячменю – 48%, кукурудзи – 65%, тобто для українського ринку зернових найбільш перспективним є ринок ЄС, але його активізація і перспективи зростання вимагають від України впровадження певних заходів і механізмів.

Prospects for increasing exports of Russian wheat to the world market

The article discusses the development of wheat export, which is the main grain crop in the structure of production and export of Russia. The record crop of grain crops in 2017 provided a good basis for the activation of Russian grain exporters in the world market. An analysis of geographical areas by source of grain export showed that crop growth allowed Russia to become a leader, as the main North American and European competitors experienced certain difficulties that led to a reduction in their export potential. The main geographical areas in which there is an increase in demand for wheat are the countries of Africa and Asia, whose population needs a more affordable form of food, which have become the main importers for Russian wheat along with Egypt and Turkey. Russia mainly exports low-grade wheat of the 4th and 5th grade; therefore, such wheat at a lower price and relatively high level of protein content is competitive in a number of foreign markets. The key problems for the export of Russian wheat are unstable gross grain harvests in Russia, which determine the search for innovative-intensive methods of increasing the yield and its stability, and the development of transport and logistics infrastructure. It is necessary to increase port capacities due to the Baltic and Far East directions in the context of political contradictions between Russia and Turkey and expanding the geography of wheat supplies to Africa and Southeast Asia for Russia makes sense. This will not only increase the competitiveness of exports, but also create additional incentives to increase grain production in a number of regions of the country remote from the Azov-Black Sea ports.

Combining Multi-Source Data and Machine Learning Approaches to Predict Winter Wheat Yield in the Conterminous United States

Winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most important cereal crops, supplying essential food for the world population. Because the United States is a major producer and exporter of wheat to the world market, accurate and timely forecasting of wheat yield in the United States (U.S.) is fundamental to national crop management as well as global food security. Previous studies mainly have focused on developing empirical models using only satellite remote sensing images, while other yield determinants have not yet been adequately explored. In addition, these models are based on traditional statistical regression algorithms, while more advanced machine learning approaches have not been explored. This study used advanced machine learning algorithms to establish within-season yield prediction models for winter wheat using multi-source data to address these issues. Specifically, yield driving factors were extracted from four different data sources, including satellite images, climate data, soil maps, and historical yield records. Subsequently, two linear regression methods, including ordinary least square (OLS) and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO), and four well-known machine learning methods, including support vector machine (SVM), random forest (RF), Adaptive Boosting (AdaBoost), and deep neural network (DNN), were applied and compared for estimating the county-level winter wheat yield in the Conterminous United States (CONUS) within the growing season. Our models were trained on data from 2008 to 2016 and evaluated on data from 2017 and 2018, with the results demonstrating that the machine learning approaches performed better than the linear regression models, with the best performance being achieved using the AdaBoost model (R2 = 0.86, RMSE = 0.51 t/ha, MAE = 0.39 t/ha). Additionally, the results showed that combining data from multiple sources outperformed single source satellite data, with the highest accuracy being obtained when the four data sources were all considered in the model development. Finally, the prediction accuracy was also evaluated against timeliness within the growing season, with reliable predictions (R2 > 0.84) being able to be achieved 2.5 months before the harvest when the multi-source data were combined.

Design and simulation of diatom-based microcantilever immunobiosensor for the early detection of Karnal bunt.

Fungal pathogen, Tilletia indica, the cause of Karnal bunt disease in wheat, is severely affecting the yield and grain quality, worldwide. Thus, strict quarantine regulations by most wheat growing countries have to be followed, leading to trade barriers for wheat export. The conventional methods being used for pathogen detection at symptomatic stage requires the germination of Tilletia spores for the processing of samples. Thus, it is time-consuming and expensive. This study proposes a simulated microcantilever-based piezoelectric biosensor for the early detection of T. indica. Four different materials, SiO2, SiC, Si3N4, and Poly Si, were used for the microcantilever design. Microcantilever was coated with siliceous frustules of diatom that provides high surface area and enhanced sensitivity for specific antibody against the antigen, T. indica. Ansys software was used for the simulation analysis. Simulation results showed that microcantilever beam of SiO2 length of 150µm, width of 30µm and thickness 1µm enhanced the sensitivity by two times against the antibody in comparison to normal microcantilever beam. The results concluded that SiO2 with coated diatom is the best material for the microcantilever fabrication, thus, providing an excellent protocol for fabrication of microcantilever-based biosensor which is both cost- and time effective.

Russian agricultural trade and world markets

Russia has moved from being a large importer of grain, soybeans, and soybean meal during the late Soviet period to a major grain exporter. The country has become the world’s top wheat exporter, supplying 20–23 percent of total world exports in 2017–2018. This article examines how Russia’s transition from a planned to a market economy that began in the early 1990s has led to substantial restructuring of its agricultural production and trade, especially in its livestock and grain sectors. The article also discusses the consequences of that restructuring for world agricultural markets, and presents outlook for Russia’s agricultural trade. Another key development is that the country’s livestock sector contracted by about half during the 1990s, a result being Russia became a big meat importer. However, since 2000 that sector has rebounded, and meat imports (especially of chicken and pork) have fallen considerably.

Tariff quota administration in China's grain markets: An empirical assessment

AbstractIn 2016, the U.S. launched a trade dispute against China at the World Trade Organization, arguing that China has been restricting its grain imports via tariff quota administration. Despite sharp criticisms by the U.S., the extent to which the grain imports were restricted in China remains largely unknown, primarily due to that China's grain import behaviors are still under‐researched. The U.S. grain export sector might actually gain little from China's grain trade liberalization in the short run, since China has become less import dependent on the U.S. through the pursuit of import diversification. In this context, this article aims to quantify impacts of the tariff quota administration on China's grain imports from its trading partners. We calculate ad valorem tariff equivalents of the tariff quota administration and then estimate import demand elasticities using a source differentiated import demand model. We find that the tariff quota administration might have reduced China's quota fill rates for the grain commodities by 10–35% during 2013–2017. In particular, the U.S. wheat exports to China were largely negatively affected. We also find that the tariff quota administration in China acts like a variable import levy—its import restrictiveness varies negatively with world prices, leading to lower import demand elasticities.

Soft wheat: quality of flour and grain, price

In recent years the Russian Federation is among the world's leading grain producers. The country is considered a world leader in export of wheat. Russian wheat in the world market attracts with its price and quality. How is high-quality wheat flour valued in the domestic market, in multiple shops? To study the problem, there were purchased flour samples in such multiple shops as Magnit, Record and SuperU (France), as well as flour of local production in AO “Uchkhoz Zernovoye” (Zernograd). We evaluated flour quality not only according to the information indicated on the packages, but also there were conducted analysis in our own laboratory (on protein percentage, SDS sedimentation, grain prolamins). The study results showed that protein content in flour was actually more by 0.3–2.9% (except “Farine de ble T-65”), which in terms of grain (cake meal) corresponded to grain of 1–3 class. According to SDS-sedimentation, all flour samples corresponded to the traits of “strong” and “valuable” wheat, except for rye flour and a special product “Pudov (French recipe)”. The gliadins in the studied samples were rated as “good” and “+”, “-”. Consequently, the price of premium baking flour was formed not only due to its quality, but also according to the brand's popularity (“MAKFA”, “Pudov”), according to supply and demand, and it sometimes differs twofold e. g. “Petrovsky niva” costs 22.45 rubles per kg., “MAKFA” costs 42.90 rubles per kg.

ТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКИЕ АСПЕКТЫ УВЕЛИЧЕНИЯ ЭКСПОРТА ПШЕНИЦЫ И МУКИ ИЗ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

The article revealed the relevance of the problem of increasing exports of wheat and flour. The state of export of wheat and flour from the Russian Federation was shown and positive trends were revealed. The need to increase the export of flour is justified. Instruments of state regulation of economy are considered. Attention is drawn to the need to use extensive and intensive directions of increasing the volume of wheat production. It is stated that it is advisable to strengthen measures to find its niche on the world flour market.

ФАКТОРЫ И РЕЗЕРВЫ УВЕЛИЧЕНИЯ ЭКСПОРТА ПШЕНИЦЫ И ПРОДУКТОВ ЕЕ ПЕРЕРАБОТКИ ИЗ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

The article proposes a classification of the main factors affecting the increase in wheat exports and processing products from the Russian Federation. They are grouped into external and internal. Each factor is disclosed in detail. Reserves are considered and recommendations on their use are given.

Srednjoročni razvoj tržišta žitarica u Republici Hrvatskoj– rezultati modela parcijalne ravnoteže

The aim of the paper is to simulate the future development of the Croatian cereals market using the method of AGEMEMOD partial equilibrium model. The results present the historical (2010-2016) and projected development (2016-2030) of the production and trade in wheat, corn, barley, oats and rye markets. Simulation results show an increase in productivity per hectare and surface stability with the exception of individual culture. Wheat production in the projection period, same as corn, recorded a production increase and change in the trade balance. Croatia remains a net exporter of corn and wheat. For barley, as a third important cereal, the model results show a constant level of production by 2030, but also a positive foreign trade balance til the end of the projection period. Oats and rye, as less significant grains, still retain the status of imported products at the Croatian market. Domestic prices follow the EU prices trends, but will generally remain at a lower level than the average EU price. Despite the price competitiveness in the EU market, the domestic cereal sector is facing problems. In the domestic cereal sector there is a trend of relatively cheap grain export on common market, with expensive final products and processed products import.

The Historiography of Victorian Britain and the US Civil War

The Historiography of Victorian Britain and the US Civil War David Brown (bio) The influence of the American Civil War within British historiography, by which I refer to the historiography of the Victorian era and of the British Empire in the mid-nineteenth century, is minimal. Of course, Anglo-American and transatlantic historians taking a comparative approach have written extensively on this topic, but this essay confines its analysis to the work of card-carrying historians of British history in the Victorian era. There has been a long and distinguished tradition of British scholars of the American Civil War—which includes William Brock, J. R. Pole, and Peter J. Parish—and more recently much interest the war’s transnational impact, but what impact has this literature made outside of its subfield? To be frank, it has had very little influence on scholars of Victorian Britain, and I took a couple of weighty books from the library shelf at random to illustrate the point. [End Page 156] How many pages do you think the US Civil War takes up in the work covering 1846–1886 in Oxford University Press’s multivolume New Oxford History of England? The index of The Mid-Victorian Generation has just four subheadings under the United States of America: agriculture; economic competition; relations with; and Civil War. The three separate entries listed under “Civil War” begin on page 13 by suggesting that the supply of wheat to Britain was disrupted “by wars in the Crimea and the United States.” The eagle-eyed might raise an eyebrow at this, because common wisdom suggests that transatlantic wheat exports increased during the early 1860s, partly compensating for the dearth of cotton in calculating the war’s disruption of the British economy.5 On page 197, two sentences discuss the “good deal of interest in British military circles” in battle tactics and weaponry, although with little lasting effect because “British experts dismissed” them “as aberrations arising from unique circumstances.” Coverage of the American Civil War peaks on pages 230 and 231 of this 787-page work. When I say “peak,” I mean ends—and two full pages are not given to the Civil War, because Poland’s 1863 rebellion against Russia takes up half a page, as does Garibaldi’s British visit in 1864. The narrative of the American Civil War’s transatlantic effect is covered in one paragraph that is, it must be said, remarkably cogent. The paragraph emphasizes neutrality threatened by the “rabidly anti-British” William Seward, diplomatic spats over the Trent and the Alabama, and Gladstone’s speech at Newcastle in October 1862, where much alarm was caused by his declaration that Jefferson Davis “has made a nation.” The war’s significance is covered in just three sentences in the next paragraph, contextualizing Gladstone’s faux pas at Newcastle and his subsequent transition to liberal champion of working-class reform.6 The Civil War does not have much traction for domestic historians of the Victorian era, then, but surely it has more purchase within the context of Empire? No. The forty essays of a 756-page 2012 edited collection, The Victorian World, provide more separate index entries for the American Civil War, but in terms of the events between 1861 and 1865, greater detail is found in The Mid-Victorian Generation.7 The citations are, without exception, brief mentions of the war in passing, set within the context of other themes, even in a final essay titled “The Victorian Period of American [End Page 157] History.” This chapter appears most pertinent but does not examine the war’s impact within Victorian Britain. Instead, it contests the standard historiographical practice of using the Civil War as a convenient periodization device that divides US history into ante- and postbellum to argue that the last two thirds of nineteenth-century American history should be treated as one era: the Victorian period.8 In other words, it examines the ways the British Victorian experience informs US history, rather than vice versa. There are just two strands of British historiography in which the Civil War makes an intervention. The first is the domain of military historians who confront the—by now venerable—question...

Місце українського агроекспорту на світовому продовольчому ринку

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to study the current state of domestic agro-exports on the world food market and determine the place of Ukrainian agro-producers on it in the context of European integration. Methodology / approach. The following methods were used in the study: abstract-logical (for theoretical generalization of conclusions and analysis of the results of the study); economic-statistical (for analysis of the current state of foreign trade in agricultural products) comparative – in the study of foreign trade balance of Ukrainian agroproducts; graphic – for determining the share of countries in world production of wheat, leaders in the export of domestic corn and wheat. Results. Trends of foreign trade of domestic agricultural products were considered. It was defined, that the basis of domestic agroexport were products of vegetative origin. The main trends of export of agricultural products in Ukraine were highlighted. As a result of the research it was established that in the world food market during the study period Ukraine was acknowledged as a predictable and powerful supplier of quality agricultural products. Originality / scientific novelty. The study of indicators of foreign trade of domestic agro-exports, analysis of commodity and geographical structure of agricultural products export in the world food market was further developed. The place of domestic agro-export in the global food market has been determined. Practical value / implications. The results of the conducted research can be used for further scientific researches on determination of directions in development of the domestic agrarian sector of Ukraine, in the context of diversification of development of new market segments for certain types of products within certain tariff quotas.

Вплив Миколаївського морського торгового порту на економіку Миколаєва ХІХ – початку ХХ століття

The purpose of this research was to investigate the history of the Mykolaiv Sea Port from the beginning of marine trade in the region of modern Mykolaiv-city to the beginning of the XX cent. in the context of the historical development of Mykolaiv as an industrial and commercial center of the South of Ukraine. In the second part of the XIX cent. and early XX cent. the name of the Port was the Mykolaiv International Commercial (or Trade) Port. The research has based on the principles of historicism, objectivity, comprehensiveness, as well as social and materialistic approaches to understanding history, in which economic aspects has primarily significance. The principles and methods developed by historians of science and technology was importance as well. Methods of source analysis were also useful, since the research was based mainly on archival sources. The principles of commercial navigation in the Black Sea basin were laid in the IX–XIII centuries. In 1788, on the left bank of the Ingul River, the Free Harbor, which is considered the antecedent of the Sea Port in Mykolaiv, was founded. Since the Government of the Russian Empire pursued the aim of creating the Black Sea Navy Center in Mykolaiv and, because of this, imposed various restrictions, the international trade in Mykolaiv was ceased. The Mykolaiv merchants were mainly engaged in providing the Admiralty, the enterprises of the Sea Department and the Black Sea Fleet with the necessary materials and goods. After the Crimean War (1853–1856) and the implementing of restrictive articles of the Paris Treaty (1856) shipbuilding in Mykolaiv was ceased, the Main Administration of the Black Sea Fleet and the Military Port were abolished. The deep economic crisis started in the city. The Mykolaiv military governor M. Arkas initiated founding of the Russian Society of Shipping and Trade, but the activity of this company did not have a significant impact on the economy of Mykolaiv. In 1860, the Mykolaiv military governor B. Glazenap proposed to open the Port in Mykolaiv for foreign vessels and export-import operations. The Port was opened on June 1, 1862. The region in which crops were grown geographically tended to Mykolaiv, so the Port immediately became the center of export of wheat, rye, oats, and also iron. Already in the first years of the Port operation the value of exports exceeded the value of imports. Further development of the grain trade was promoted the return of the Jews to Mykolaiv, the opening of the Customs Office and banks, the Crops Exchange, the Exchange Committee, the analytical chamber at it, the railway building. All this generally contributed to the development of the industry in the city, population growth and the transformation of Mykolaiv to the industrial center of the South of Ukraine. However, over time it was found that the Port did not meet the time demands. The question of its reconstruction was raised in the 1870s, and the project of the reconstruction was approved in 1885. The Port Administration began to operate in 1894. It was headed by ‘the Captain over the Port’, who was at the same time the Head of the Port Affairs Bureau – an advisory council whose authority was to solve port problems. The Port was divided into two divisions: foreign and cabotage. During the reconstruction the boundaries of the Port were identified, new embankments, elevators, warehouses were built. The Port was equipped with the latest loading and unloading facilities, grain and ore transporters. Two icebreakers helped the vessels to achieve to the Port in the winter time. Simultaneously, the problem of deepening of the canal in the Dnieper-Bug estuary was solved. It was importance because the vessels with large sediment could not be fully loaded in Mykolaiv and were forced to dock at the port of Ochakov, and transportation of cargo to Ochakov required considerable expenditure. Beacons and warning signs were also installed. All this made it possible to significantly increase the cargo turnover of the Port, which in 1910 reached a record level – more than 151 million poods, including more than 115 million poods of grain (this constituted 14 % of grain exports throughout the Russian Empire). That year Mykolaiv accepted 527 foreign vessels. At the end of the XIX – at the beginning of XX cent. the Port had been functioning on the basis of public-private partnership (by modern definition). The state, city and foreign investors put money into its development. Thus, the history of the Port until 1917 is the example of the Road Map for further development of the Port in the XXI cent., when in fact the Port operates in the same external and internal conditions as in the period studied above.

Theory of “food regimes” as a model to explain the strategies of agrarian development (the ‘cases’ of Russia and Brazil)

The ‘food regime’ approach was introduced as a historical method of “incorporated comparison” (P. McMichael). This comparison of the role of agriculture in the world-system made some scholars overemphasize an excessively unitary and coherent global food regime. The authors recognize this approach as a historical-comparative analytical tool to understand global trends, but argue that the Russian and Brazilian agrarian development question some ideas of the food regime approach. The contemporary positions of two countries in the global markets also prove the divergences in their positioning in the food regime genealogy. The paper focuses on the production and export of soy and wheat which do not represent the entire agrarian economy of Brazil and Russia but allow to compare two countries’ strategies of the international trade and in domestic markets. First, the authors briefly discuss the historical routes Russia and Brazil have taken in the agricultural development and global food markets; then they analyze the radical changes that followed the Russian perestroika and the Brazilian re-democratization in the late 1980s and led to the consolidation of neoliberal policies in the 1990s. After that the paper describes the turn of both countries to the ‘neo-developmental state’ that supported the export-oriented policies for the agribusiness but combined them with domestic food security and sovereignty policies. Finally, the authors conclude that despite differing trajectories both Russia and Brazil cannot be considered parts of the neoliberal food regime due to the fact that the contemporary period should be rather defined as a paradigmatic crisis and a co-existence of two or more food regimes.

Yield Variability and Harvest Failures in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan and Their Possible Impact on Food Security in the Middle East and North Africa

AbstractExports from Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan (RUK) help to improve global wheat availability and, hence, global food security. During the past 15 years, however, RUK wheat exports have shown high variability, mainly because they have been repeatedly diminished by severe harvest failures. We present an outlook for RUK wheat production and exports up to 2027, taking into account possible yield variability and harvest failures, and focusing on the impact on food security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the world’s major wheat importing region. For the analysis we use the stochastic version of the Aglink‐Cosimo model. Simulation results show that wheat yields in RUK are a major source of uncertainty for international wheat markets. The projected substantial increases in world market prices due to limited RUK wheat exports threaten food security in MENA and highlight the need for both stabilising RUK yields and novel complementary food security approaches to decrease MENA’s vulnerability to disruptions in agricultural world markets.

The specialization areas of grain production focused on the export of products

The country’s export objectives, aimed at the growth of the Russian economy, are best addressed by highlighting the competitive advantages of its border areas. In wheat exports, as of today, Russia ranks first in the world, but its gross harvest rises in conditions of low-quality grain production. The paper analyzes the production parameters of spring wheat cultivation, explores the dynamics of its sown areas, gross yield, and yield by federal districts for the period 2001-2017. The article calculated the structure of crops and wheat production, indicators of its effectiveness depending on the quality of grain in the agricultural organizations of the country. The conditions for economic growth of individual border areas of the country are determined on the basis of the development of efficient production of strong and hard varieties of spring wheat in the regions of Western Siberia. A mechanism has been developed and proposed for creating a single large-scale West Siberian specialized zone for the sustainable production of high-quality spring wheat commercial grain with sales to the neighboring countries of the Asian continent.