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Wheat consumption in the Dominican Republic (DR) during Marketing Year (MY) 2017/2018 (July 2017/ June 2018) is forecast at 410,000 metric tons (MT), with imports remaining strong at 530,000 MT.

Zimbabwe’s corn crop for the 2017/18 MY is estimated at around 2.2 million tons, up more than 300 percent from the 2016/17 MY’s corn crop of 512,000 tons.

Reductions in government support to corn production encouraged Chinese farmers to plant more oilseeds, primarily soybeans.

The EU increased Ukraine’s annual import quotas for grains, which will allow higher volumes to enter duty free.

Bangladesh rice production in marketing year (MY) 2017/18 is forecast lower at 34.18 million metric tons (MMT).

Wheat production is forecast at 19.5 million metric tons (MMT) in marketing year (MY) 2017/18 because of high yields, especially in the Southeast and Thrace regions.

Post estimates Vietnam’s wheat imported volume for MY 2016/2017 at 5.5 million tons due mainly to the competitive price of feed wheat.

The Ministry of Agriculture foresees total grain production totaling 3.5 MMT, of which Post estimates will be split 2.5 MMT for wheat and one MMT for barley....

Rice production is expected to be larger than previously forecasted in MY2016/17 and MY2017/18 due to attractive returns compared to corn.

As millions of east African smallholder farmers seek to recover from a devastating drought, they face a new threat-fall armyworms.

Following the completion of the wheat harvest, Post has revised the wheat production forecast down to 17.25 MMT in MY 2016/17.

Post concurs with the official USDA estimates for wheat and rice. For corn, production was pared down slightly from 8.0 million tons to 7.9 million tons in MY 2016/17.