FAS/Ottawa is forecasting MY 2018/19 wheat production to remain similar to the MY 2017/18 level, as additional spring wheat area and improvements in durum yields offset lower spring wheat yields.
Russia has harvested its largest grain crop in nearly 40 years, exceeding 134 MMT according to official reports and moving Russia into the number one position of global wheat exporters.
Canadian wheat production in 2017 has been a success story for improved crop genetics, as yields across the prairie provinces are in line with the five-year average....
Poland’s production of wheat, rye, mixed grains and triticale, barley, corn, and oats in MY 2017/18 is forecast to reach 31.9 million metric tons (MMT), a 7.5 percent increase over MY 2016/17.
Area seeded to canola exceeded area seeded to wheat in Canada for the first time ever in marketing year (MY) 2017/2018, as continued strong returns to canola and a wet spring planting season....
The spring planting which started in early April is still on-going. Corn will be planted on approximately 199,500 hectares versus the 169,948 ha in 2014/2015, which is a seventeen percent increase.
Estonian farmers can expect a good harvest for MY2017/18. Total production of wheat, rye, mixed grains, triticale, barley and oats in MY 2017/18 is forecast to amount to 1.26 million MT.
Post is forecasting total production of wheat, barley, corn, and oats to reach 52.6 million metric tons (MMT) in 2017/2018, a seven percent decrease from 2016/2017 production levels of 56.7 MMT.
Prospects for Algeria’s wheat and barley crop remain mostly average despite multiple bouts with dryness throughout the year and with the next 30 days being a critical period.
