Russian wheat prices fall on weaker demand from Egypt, Turkey.

Russian wheat export prices fell due to lower demand from Egypt and Turkey. Turkey put purchases of wheat, maize and sunflower from Russia on hold from mid-March. Russia exported 26.9 million tonnes of grain between July1 and March22, down 1.8% from a year earlier including 20.6 million tonnes of wheat. Domestic prices for third-class wheat, excluding delivery, fell in the European part of Russia. (Source: Reuters)