The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it was forecasting Indonesia’s 2019/20 palm oil production at 43.0 million tons, up 1.5 million (4 percent) from last year. The year-to-year production increase is attributed mainly to area expansion as yield is expected to be slightly down from 2018/19, it said in its latest sector report. “Mature […]
The US Department of Agriculture estimates 2019/20 India wheat production at 100.0 million metric tons, up slightly from the previous year because of ideal growing conditions which boosted yields. Area harvested is estimated at 29.8 million hectares, down slightly from 2018, the USDA said in a report, adding that yield is estimated to reach record […]
Global rice production, area, and yield in 2019/20 are forecast lower from the prior year’s record, but still slightly above 2017/18, with the highest projected reductions for the two largest-producing countries, China and India, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in its latest report. The United States is also projected to have smaller planted […]
Global wheat production is forecast at a record 777 million tons, rebounding 46 million from last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest report. Production among the top exporting countries is projected up a combined total of 34 million tons as nearly all are expecting larger crops, it said, adding that the […]
World ending stocks for cotton are forecast down for the sixth consecutive year on record consumption, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in its first detailed forecast for the 2019/20 marketing year. However, stocks outside of China will grow after declining in 2018/19 and reach a record of nearly 45 million bales, it said […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates India’s 2018/19 rice production at 116.0 million metric tons (milled), up 5 percent from the previous estimate and up 3 percent from last year. It said in its latest World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report that area planted is forecast at 44.5 million hectares, up 1 […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reduced Global wheat supplies are reduced, primarily on lower production forecasts for Kazakhstan and Iraq. Projected 2018/19 world trade is fractionally higher as larger EU and Brazil exports more than offset reductions for the United States and Mexico, it said in its latest World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates […]
The USDA has tightened the domestic balance sheets for soybeans and corn in the first major set of numbers since the US government shutdown. Corn ending stocks were down slightly from December with a lower 2018 production total and reduced expectations for ethanol use, while soybeans were also modestly lower on a smaller crop and […]
World cotton trade is likely to rise for the third consecutive season in 2018/19 – reaching its highest level in 6 years – thanks to growing demand from mills in non-producing countries like Bangladesh and Vietnam and a rebound in China’s cotton spinning. According to latest estimates from US Department of Agriculture (USDA) global cotton […]
Despite a reduction in Australian production, world wheat supplies for 2018-19 have increased by 800,000 tonnes, according to the latest US Department of Agriculture (USDA) world supply report. A bumper Canadian crop and additional Russian carry-over stocks have levelled out the gap in grain production as Australian production suffers the effects of drought. Canada’s wheat […]
