Circular Series
WAP 10-02
October 2002
Key Production Briefs
World Rice Production Down This Season Due to an Erratic Monsoon In India Improved Rains Boost India’s 2002/03 Cotton Production, But Come Too Late for Other Crops Canadian Soybean Production Up from 2001/02 Australian Wheat Production Forecast Decreases for 2002/03
Russia’s Favorable Weather Extends Harvest Window, Boosting Wheat and Barley Ukraine’s Corn Harvest in Progress; Yields Up From Last Year China’s Peanut Crop Revised Downward Argentine Producers Favor Sunflower Planting Over Corn, While Soy Is Up Due to Cost Advantage
Area, Yield and Production Tables