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India’s upcoming rabi (winter sown, spring harvested) crop acreages has been boosted to record levels on adequate 2022 monsoon rains in October and generally favorable weather conditions.

Wheat exports for marketing year (MY) 2022-2023 are forecast at 6.2 million tons (including wheat flour), 1.3 million tons lower than USDA’s official volume because of smaller beginning stocks, larger domestic consumption and larger ending stocks.

FAS Rangoon forecasts Burma’s corn production lower due to rising production costs, unstable security conditions in some production areas, and unfavorable weather especially in Shan State.

FAS Bangkok revised its forecasts for MY2022/23 rice production higher to 20.2 million metric tons due to abundant water supplies and attractive farm-gate prices for off-season rice production. Thai rice exports in 2022 were higher than expected at 7...

Corn, rice, and sorghum production forecasts are revised downward in marketing year MY 2022/23, while the wheat production estimate is increased to 3.6 MMT.

South Africa should return to be a net exporter of corn in the 2016/17 MY of about 1.0 million tons on higher production.

Colombian grain production could be impacted in 2016 as the period of drought from the El Niño weather phenomena transitions to rainier conditions of La Niña.

Post forecasts a decrease in corn production in Tanzania in the marketing year (MY) 2016/2017 due to unfavorable weather forecast by the Tanzania Meteorology Agency (TMA)...

Ethiopia is dealing with the worst drought to hit the country in decades.

Forecast MY2016/17 rice and corn production is expected to provide for larger exportable supplies in 2017.

Japan’s feed industry relies almost entirely on imported grains.

FAS/Nairobi forecasts a marginal increase in corn production in Kenya in the Marketing Year (MY) 2016/2017 because of Government of Kenya (GOK) and county governments’ support to farmers.