(Nov 08, 2024)

Kazakhstan wheat production for marketing year 2024/25 is estimated at 18.0 million metric tons (mmt), up 13 percent from last month and 49 percent from last year. Total wheat yield is estimated at 1.38 tons per hectare (t/ha), up 12 percent from last month and 50 percent from last year. Total harvested area is estimated at 13.0 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month and down 1 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Nov 08, 2024)

Russia wheat production for marketing year 2024/25 is estimated at 81.5 million metric tons (mmt), down less than 1 percent from last month and 11 percent from last year. The estimate includes 57.5 mmt of winter wheat and 24.0 mmt of spring wheat. USDA crop production estimates for Russia exclude estimated output from Crimea, which is included for Ukraine. Total wheat yield is estimated at 2.91 tons per hectare (t/ha), down less than 1 percent from last month and 8 percent from last year. Total harvested area is estimated at 28.0 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month and down 3 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Nov 08, 2024)

Argentina wheat production for marketing year 2024/25 is forecast at 17.5 million metric tons, down 3 percent from last month, but up 10 percent from last year. Wheat yield is forecast at 2.92 tons per hectare, down 3 percent from last month, but up 3 percent from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 6.0 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but up 8 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Nov 08, 2024)

USDA forecasts Brazil soybean production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 to remain at a record 169.0 million metric tons, unchanged from last month, but up 10 percent from last year and 18 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is forecasted at a record 47.3 million hectares, up 3 percent from last year and 13 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 3.57 tons per hectare, up 7 percent from last year and 4 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Aaron.Mulhollen@usda.gov.)

(Nov 08, 2024)

Sunflowerseed production in Turkey for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 1.4 million metric tons (mmt), down 0.2 mmt (11 percent) from last month and last year, and down 19 percent from the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 0.7 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but down 1 percent from last year and 7 percent below the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 1.99 tons per hectare (t/ha), compared to 2.25 t/ha for last month, 2.21 t/ha for last year, and 2.30 t/ha for the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(Nov 08, 2024)

USDA estimates India’s marketing year (MY) 2024/25 soybean production at 12.6 million metric tons, down 2 percent from last month, but up 6 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at a record 13.5 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but up 2 percent from MY 2023/24. Yield is estimated at 0.93 tons per hectare, down 2 percent from last month, but up 4 percent from the previous year. (For more information, please contact Arnella.Trent@usda.gov.)

(Nov 08, 2024)

USDA estimates marketing year (MY) 2024/25 rice production for India at a record 145.0 million metric tons (milled basis), up 2 percent from last month and 5 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at a record 50.0 million hectares, up 2 percent from last month, 5 percent from last year, and 8 percent from the 5-year average. The yield (rough basis) is estimated at a record 4.35 tons per hectare, up less than 1 percent from last year and 4 percent from the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Arnella.Trent@usda.gov.)

(Nov 08, 2024)

USDA estimates marketing year 2024/25 Bangladesh rice production at 36.8 million metric tons (milled basis), down slightly from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 11.5 million hectares, down 2 percent from last month and last year. The 2 percent decrease in harvested area is due to problems in both the aus and aman season. Yield is estimated at a record 4.80 tons per hectare, up 2 percent from the previous year. (For more information, please contact Arnella.Trent@usda.gov.)

(Nov 08, 2024)

USDA estimates Mexico corn production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 at 24.5 million metric tons (mmt), down 500,000 metric tons or 2 percent from last month, but up 4 percent from the drought last year, yet 7 percent below the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 6.3 million hectares (ha), down 2 percent from last month, but up 3 percent from last year, and down 7 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 3.89 tons per hectare, down less than 1 percent from last month and the 5-year average, but up 1 percent from last year. October reservoir levels are jeopardizing winter corn crop prospects resulting in lower estimates. (For more information, please contact Lisa.Colson@usda.gov.)

(Nov 08, 2024)

Cotton production in Spain for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 195,000 480-pound bales. This amount is down 10,000 bales or 5 percent less than last month, but up 120,000 bales from last year’s drought-stricken crop. Harvested area is estimated at 48,000 hectares, down 4 percent from last month and 8 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated to be 17 percent below the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 885 kilograms per hectare, down less than 1 percent from last month, but 182 percent above last year’s disastrous crop. It is 7 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(Oct 11, 2024)

USDA estimates the marketing year (MY) 2024/25 rice production as a record for India at 142.0 million metric tons (milled basis), up 2 percent from last month and 3 percent from last year. The harvested area is estimated at a record 49.0 million hectares, up 2 percent from last year and 6 percent from the 5-year average. The yield (rough basis) is estimated at a record 4.35 tons per hectare, up less than 1 percent from last year and 4 percent from the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Arnella.Trent@usda.gov.)

(Oct 11, 2024)

USDA estimates marketing year (MY) 2024/25 rice production at 12.3 million metric tons (milled basis), down 3 percent from last month, and down less than 1 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 4.7 million hectares, down 3 percent from last month, and down 1 percent from last year. Yield (rough basis) is estimated at 4.15 tons per hectare, down less than 1 percent from last month, but up 1 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Justin.Jenkins@usda.gov.)

(Oct 11, 2024)

Paraguay wheat production for marketing year 2024/25 is estimated at 1.3 million metric tons, up 13 percent from last month, and 46 percent from last year. Wheat yield is estimated at 2.60 tons per hectare, up 13 percent from last month, and 37 percent from last year’s yield. Harvested area is estimated at 500,000 hectares, unchanged from last month, but up 6 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Oct 11, 2024)

USDA estimates Brazil wheat production for marketing year 2024/25 at 9.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 5 percent from last month, but up 11 percent from last year and 19 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 3.0 million hectares, down 14 percent from last month and last year, but 10 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 3.00 tons per hectare (t/ha), up 11 percent from last month, 29 percent from last year and 9 percent above the 5- year average. (For more information, please contact Aaron.Mulhollen@usda.gov.)

(Oct 11, 2024)

Russia wheat production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 82.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 1 percent from last month and 10 percent from last year. The estimate includes 57.5 mmt of winter wheat and 24.5 mmt of spring wheat. USDA crop production estimates for Russia exclude estimated output from Crimea. Total wheat yield is estimated at 2.93 tons per hectare (t/ha), down 1 percent from last month and 8 percent from last year. Total harvested area is estimated at 28.0 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month and down 3 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Oct 11, 2024)

USDA estimates Mexico wheat production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 at 2.6 million metric tons (mmt), down 200,000 metric tons (mt) or 7 percent from last month, down 876,000 mt or 25 percent from last year, and 22 percent below the 5-year average. This is the lowest production in twenty years (since MY 2004/05), based on ongoing drought conditions in the winter wheat producing regions. Yield is estimated at 5.65 tons per hectare (t/ha), down 3 percent from last month and 9 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at a new record low of 460,000 hectares (ha), down 4 percent from last month, 18 percent from last year, and 19 percent below the 5-year average. (For additional information, please contact Lisa.Colson@usda.gov.)

(Oct 11, 2024)

Argentina barley production for marketing year 2024/25 is forecast at 4.9 million metric tons, up 4 percent from last month, but down 4 percent from last year. Barley yield is forecast at 3.92 tons per hectare, up 4 percent from last month, and matching last year’s yield. Harvested area is forecast at 1.3 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but down 4 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Oct 11, 2024)

Ukraine corn production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 26.2 million metric tons (mmt), down 4 percent from last month and down 19 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 6.39 tons per hectare (t/ha), down 4 percent from last month and 17 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 4.1 million hectares (mha), unchanged last month and down 2 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Oct 11, 2024)

USDA estimates Philippines corn production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 at 8.3 million metric tons, down 2 percent from last month, but up 2 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 2.6 million hectares, down 2 percent from last month, but up 2 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 3.25 tons per hectare, down less than 1 percent from last month, but slightly up from last year. (For more information, please contact Justin.Jenkins@usda.gov.)

(Oct 11, 2024)

Rapeseed production in the European Union (EU) for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 17.5 million metric tons (mmt), down 0.2 mmt from last month, down 2.5 mmt (13 percent) from last year, and 2 percent below the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 5.7 million hectares (mha), down 50,000 hectares from last month, 0.5 mha below last year, and 2 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 3.06 tons per hectare (t/ha), compared to 3.07 t/ha last month, 3.21 t/ha last year and 3.18 t/ha for the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov).

(Oct 11, 2024)

China rapeseed production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 15.8 million metric tons (mmt), up 0.2 mmt or 1 percent from last month, down 3 percent from last year, but up 7 percent from the 5-year average of 14.8 mmt. Harvested area is estimated at 7.4 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, and down 0.4 mha or 5 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 2.14 tons per hectare (t/ha), up 1 percent from last month, up 2 percent from last year and from the 5-year average of 2.09 t/ha. (For more information, please contact Dath.Mita@usda.gov).

(Oct 11, 2024)

USDA estimates China’s marketing year (MY) 2024/25 cotton production at 28.2 million 480- pound bales, up 0.4 million bales or 1 percent from last month, up 3 percent from last year, and the same as the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 2.9 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, the same as last year, but 6 percent below the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 2,154 kilograms per hectare (kg/ha), up 1 percent from last month, and up 3 percent from last year. Yield is higher than the 5-year average of 2,034 kg/ha, up by 6 percent, due to the increasing quantity of cotton produced in Xinjiang province where yield is nearly double compared to elsewhere in the country. (For more information, please contact Dath.Mita@usda.gov).

(Sep 12, 2024)

Corn production in the European Union (EU) for marketing year 2024/2025 is estimated at 59.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 1.5 mmt (2 percent) from last month, and down 2.5 mmt (4 percent) from last year, and 8 percent below the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 8.6 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but 5 percent above last year and 3 percent below the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 6.86 tons per hectare (t/ha), compared to 7.03 t/ha last month, 7.47 t/ha last year and 7.20 t/ha for the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(Sep 12, 2024)

USDA forecasts Canada corn production for marketing year 2024/25 at 15.2 million metric tons (mmt), up 5 percent from last month, down 1 percent from last year but up 6 percent above the 5- year average. Harvested area is forecasted at 1.5 million hectares, down 5 percent from last year and slightly below the 5-year average. Yield is forecasted at a record 10.48 metric tons per hectare, up 5 percent from last month, 3 percent from last year and 7 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Shannon.Moyo@usda.gov.)

(Sep 12, 2024)

Ghana’s marketing year 2024/25 corn production is estimated at 2.3 million metric tons, down 32 percent from last year month, down 36 percent from last year’s record, and down 28 percent from the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 1.1 million hectares, down 15 percent from last year, and down 11 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 2.09 metric tons per hectare, down 25 percent from last year’s record yield and down 19 percent from the 5-year average. Satellite-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) measurements over Ghana’s northern croplands are the lowest cropland NDVI measurements in the past twenty years, indicating corn yields are expected to be well-below average. (For more information, please contact Curt.Reynolds@usda.gov.)

(Sep 12, 2024)

Australia's wheat production for marketing year 2024/25 is forecast at 32.0 million metric tons, a 7 percent increase from the previous month and 23 percent above last year. Harvested area is forecast at 13.0 million hectares, a 2 percent increase from last month, and 5 percent from last year. Yield is forecast at 2.46 tons per hectare (t/ha), up 5 percent from last month, and up 17 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact James.Crutchfield@usda.gov.)

(Sep 12, 2024)

Wheat production in the European Union (EU) for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 124.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 4.0 mmt from last month, 10.9 mmt below last year and 8 percent below the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 23.0 million hectares (mha), down 0.1 mha from last month, down 1.3 mha (5 percent) from last year, and down 4 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 5.39 tons per hectare (t/ha), below last month’s 5.54 t/ha, last year’s 5.55 t/ha and 4 percent below the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(Sep 12, 2024)

Ukraine wheat production for marketing year 2024/25 is estimated at 22.3 million metric tons (mmt), up 3 percent from last month, but down 3 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 4.29 tons per hectare (t/ha), up 3 percent from last month, but down 7 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 5.2 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month and up 4 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Sep 12, 2024)

Ukraine sunflower production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 12.5 million metric tons, down 7 percent from last month and 19 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 2.02 tons per hectare (t/ha), down 7 percent from last month and 17 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 6.2 million hectares, unchanged from last month and down 3 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Sep 12, 2024)

USDA forecasts Canada soybean production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 at 7.2 million metric tons, up 4 percent from last month, 3 percent from last year and 12 percent above the 5- year average. Harvested area is forecasted at 2.3 million hectares, unchanged from last month, up 2 percent from last year and 7 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is forecasted at a record 3.13 tons per hectare, up 4 percent from last month, 1 percent from last year and 4 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Shannon.Moyo@usda.gov.)

(Sep 12, 2024)

Argentina soybean production for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 is estimated at 48.1 million metric tons, down 2 percent from last month, but up 92 percent from last year. Soybean yield is estimated at 2.95 tons per hectare (t/ha), down 1 percent from last month, but up 70 percent from last year’s yield. Harvested area is estimated at 16.3 million hectares, down 1 percent from last month, but up 13 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Sep 12, 2024)

USDA estimates Malaysia palm oil production for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 at 19.7 million metric tons, up 2 percent from last month and 7 percent from last year. The harvested area estimate remains unchanged at 5.6 million hectares, but up 1 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 3.55 tons per hectare, up 2 percent from last month and 6 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Justin.Jenkins@usda.gov.)

(Sep 12, 2024)

USDA forecasts the marketing year 2024/25 rice production for India at 139.0 million metric tons (milled basis), up marginally from last month and 1 percent from last year due to an increase in planted area. The harvested area is forecast at a record 48.5 million hectares (mha), up 1 percent from the previous month, and nearly 2 percent from last year. Yield is forecast at 4.30 tons per hectare, down slightly from last month and last year. (For more information, please contact Arnella.Trent@usda.gov.)

(Sep 12, 2024)

USDA estimates the marketing year (MY) 2024/25 cotton production for India at 24.0 million 480-pound bales, down 2 percent from last month and 7 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 11.8 million hectares (mha), down 2 percent from last month and 7 percent from last year. Yield is estimated to reach 443 kilograms per hectare, slightly down from last month but up marginally from last year. (For more information, please contact Arnella.Trent@usda.gov.)

(Sep 12, 2024)

USDA forecasts China’s marketing year (MY) 2024/25 cotton production at 27.8 million 480- pound bales (6.05 million metric tons), up 1 percent or 300,000 million bales from last month, up 2 percent from last year, but down 1 percent from the 5-year average of 28.2 million bales. Harvested area is estimated at 2.9 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month and last year, and down 6 percent from the 5-year average. In recent years overall cotton planted area has been on a decreasing trend due to continued area declines in the North China Plain, and in the Yangtze River basins. Yield is forecast at 2,124 kilograms per hectare (kg/ha), up 1 percent from last month, up 2 percent from last year’s yield of 2,089 kg/ha, and up 4 percent from the 5-year average of 2,034 kg/ha. Yield is significantly above the long-term trend due to the increasing quantity of cotton produced in Xinjiang province where yield is nearly double compared to elsewhere in the country. Over 90 percent of total China cotton is now produced in Xinjiang province under highly mechanized farming. According to Xinjiang Provincial Statistics Department, approximately 41 percent of cotton is produced by Xinjiang Production and Construction Engineering Corp (PCC) and 59 percent is produced by the Local Cooperative System. (For more information, please contact Dath.Mita@usda.gov.)

(Aug 12, 2024)

Ukraine corn production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 27.2 million metric tons, down 2 percent from last month and down 16 percent from last year. Yield is forecast at 6.63 tons per hectare, down 7 percent from last month and 14 percent from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 4.1 million hectares, up 5 percent from last month, but down 2 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Aug 12, 2024)

Paraguay corn production for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 is estimated at 3.2 million metric tons, down 33 percent from last month, and down 37 percent from MY 2022/23. Yield is estimated at 4.27 tons per hectare, down 29 percent from last month and from MY 2022/23 due to hot and dry weather in the northern growing areas. Harvested area is estimated at 750,000 hectares, down 6 percent from last month, and down 12 percent from MY 2022/23. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Aug 12, 2024)

Corn production in Romania for marketing year (MY) 2024/2025 is forecast at 8.7 million metric tons (mmt), down 2.2 mmt (20 percent) from last month, down 1.5 mmt (15 percent) from last year, and 24 percent below the 5-year average. Harvested area is forecast at 2.2 million hectares, down 156,000 hectares or 7 percent from last month, down 2 percent from last year, and 13 percent below the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 4.03 tons per hectare, down 14 percent from last month and down 13 percent from both last year and the 5-year average. (For more information, contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(Aug 12, 2024)

Kazakhstan wheat production for marketing year 2024/25 is estimated at 16.0 million metric tons, up 10 percent from last month and 32 percent from last year. Total wheat yield is estimated at 1.23 tons per hectare, up 12 percent from last month and 33 percent from last year. Total harvested area is estimated at 13.0 million hectares, down 2 percent from last month and 1 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Aug 12, 2024)

Ukraine wheat production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 21.6 million metric tons (mmt), up 11 percent from last month, but down 6 percent from last year. Yield is forecast at 4.15 tons per hectare (t/ha), unchanged from last month and down 10 percent from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 5.2 million hectares (mha), up 11 percent from last month and 4 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Aug 12, 2024)

USDA forecasts Australia marketing year 2024/25 wheat production at 30.0 million metric tons (mmt), up 1.0 mmt or 3 percent from last month. Harvested area is forecast at 12.8 million hectares (mha), up 0.3 mha from last month, and last year. Yield is forecast at 2.34 tons per hectare, up 1 percent from last month, and up 13 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact James.Crutchfield@usda.gov.)

(Aug 12, 2024)

Wheat production in the European Union (EU) for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 128.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 2.0 mmt from last month, 6.9 mmt below last year and 5 percent below the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 23.1 million hectares (mha), down 250,000 hectares (ha) from last month, down 1.2 mha (5 percent) from last year, and down 4 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 5.54 tons per hectare (t/ha), just slightly below last month and last year’s estimates, and 1 percent below the 5-year average. ” (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(Aug 12, 2024)

Ukraine sunflower production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 13.5 million metric tons, down 7 percent from last month and 13 percent from last year. Yield is forecast at 2.18 tons per hectare, down 7 percent from last month and 10 percent from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 6.2 million hectares, unchanged from last month and down 3 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Aug 12, 2024)

USDA estimates Indonesia palm oil production for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 at 46.5 million metric tons, down 1 percent from last month and matching production in MY 2022/23. The monthto-month harvested area estimate remains unchanged at 13.8 million hectares but is up 2 percent from MY 2022/23. Yield is estimated at 3.37 tons per hectare, down 1 percent from last month and 2 percent from MY 2022/23. (For more information, please contact Justin.Jenkins@usda.gov.)

(Aug 12, 2024)

USDA estimates marketing year (MY) 2023/24 rice production at 26.6 million metric tons (milled basis), down 1 percent from last month and 2 percent from MY 2022/23. Harvested area is estimated at 7.0 million hectares down 2 percent from last month and down 2 percent from MY 2022/23. Yield is estimated at 6.09 tons per hectare, up 1 percent from last month but slightly down from MY 2022/23. (For more information, please contact Justin.Jenkins@usda.gov.)

(Aug 12, 2024)

USDA forecasts the marketing year (MY) 2024/25 cotton production for India at 24.5 million 480- pound bales, down 2 percent from last month and 6 percent from last year. The harvested area is forecasted at 12.0 million hectares, down 3 percent from last month and 6 percent from last year. Yields are forecasted to reach 445 kilograms per hectare, up 1 percent from last month and down 1 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Arnella.Trent@usda.gov.)

(Aug 12, 2024)

USDA forecasts African Franc Zone cotton production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 at 4.9 million 480-pound bales, down 4 percent from last month, and down 1 percent from last year’s crop. Harvested area is forecast at 2.7 million hectares, down 4 percent from last month, and up 1 percent from last year. The forecast yield of 402 kilograms per hectare is down 2 percent from last year and up 1 percent from the 5-year average yield. (For more information, please contact Curt.Reynolds@usda.gov.)

(Jul 12, 2024)

USDA forecasts China’s marketing year (MY) 2024/25 cotton production at 27.5 million 480- pound bales (6.0 million metric tons), up 0.5 million bales or 2 percent from last month, unchanged from last year, but down 3 percent from the 5-year average of 28.4 million bales. Harvested area is estimated at 2.9 million hectares (mha), no change from last month and down 2 percent from last year and 10 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is forecasted at 2,101 kilograms per hectare (kg/ha), up 2 percent from last month, and from last year. Yield is higher than the 5-year average of 1,968 kg/ha, up by 7 percent, due to the increasing quantity of cotton produced in Xinjiang province where yield has nearly doubled compared to elsewhere in the country. (For more information, please contact Dath.Mita@usda.gov.)

(Jul 12, 2024)

USDA forecasts Egypt cotton production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 at 360,000 480-pound bales. This amount is up 50,000 bales or 16 percent from last month and up 14 percent from last year’s revised production. The MY 2024/25 crop is also 17 percent above the 5-year average production level. Harvested area is forecast at 115,000 hectares, up 15 percent from both last month and last year’s revised area. Harvested area is forecast to be 17 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 682 kilograms per hectare (kg/ha), up slightly (1 percent) from last month, but down 1 percent from last year, and down 1 percent from the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(Jul 12, 2024)

Pakistan’s cotton production for marketing year 2024/25 is estimated at 6.0 million 480-pound bales, down 0.5 million bales (8 percent) from last month and 0.7 million bales (10 percent) from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 2.1 million hectares (mha), down 0.3 mha (13 percent) from last month and from last year. Cotton harvested area is revised lower based on reports of reduced sowing due to extreme heat in May and June and corroborated by official data. Yield is estimated at 622 kilograms per hectare, up 5 percent from last month and up 2 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact James.Crutchfield@usda.gov.)

(Jul 12, 2024)

Corn production in the European Union (EU) for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 64.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 0.8 mmt (1 percent) from last month, but up 3.0 mmt (5 percent) from last year, and less than 1 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is forecast at 8.7 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but 4 percent above last year and 3 percent below the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 7.40 tons per hectare (t/ha), down 1 percent from last month but up slightly from last year and 3 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(Jul 12, 2024)

Russia corn production for marketing year 2024/25 is forecast at 15.0 million metric tons, down 3 percent from last month and 10 percent from last year. Yield is forecast at 6.00 tons per hectare, down 3 percent from last month and 13 percent from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 2.5 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month and up 4 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Jul 12, 2024)

USDA forecasts Canada barley production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 at 8.6 million metric tons, down 10 percent from last month, 3 percent from last year and 8 percent below the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 2.4 million hectares (mha), down 9 percent from last month, 13 percent from last year and 15 percent below the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 3.64 tons per hectare, down 1 percent from last month but up 11 percent from last year and 7 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Shannon.Moyo@usda.gov.)

(Jul 12, 2024)

Argentina wheat production for marketing year 2024/25 is forecast at 18.0 million metric tons, up 3 percent from last month, and up 14 percent from last year. Yield is forecast at 3.00 tons per hectare, down slightly from last month, but up 6 percent from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 6.0 million hectares (mha), up 3 percent from last month, and up 8 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Jul 12, 2024)

USDA estimates Mexico wheat production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 at 2.8 million metric tons, down 18 percent from last month, down 19 percent from last year’s revised estimate, and 16 percent below the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 5.83 tons per hectare (t/ha), down 4 percent from last month and 6 percent from last year’s new record of 6.21 t/ha. Harvested area is estimated at a record low of 480,000 hectares (ha), down 14 percent from last month, 14 percent from last year’s revised estimate, and 16 percent below the 5-year average. The last time severe dry weather affected water availability for the wheat crop was MY 2018/19, when harvested area was 541,000 ha. (For additional information, please contact Lisa.Colson@usda.gov.)

(Jul 12, 2024)

USDA forecasts Canada rapeseed production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 at 20.0 million metric tons, up 2 percent from last month, 6 percent from last year and 10 percent above the 5- year average. Harvested area is estimated at 8.8 million hectares (mha), up 1 percent from last month, but down 1 percent from last year, yet 2 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 2.27 tons per hectare, up 1 percent from last month, and 7 percent from last year and the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Shannon.Moyo@usda.gov.)

(Jul 12, 2024)

Russia sunflowerseed production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 16.5 million metric tons, down 3 percent from last month, 4 percent from last year, but 6 percent above the 5- year average. Yield is forecast at 1.74 tons per hectare, down 3 percent from last month, 6 percent from last year, but slightly above the 5-year average. Harvested area is forecast at 9.5 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, up 2 percent from last year and 6 percent from the 5- year average. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Jul 12, 2024)

USDA estimates marketing year (MY) 2023/24 Malaysia palm oil production at 19.3 million metric tons, up 1 percent from last month and up 5 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 5.6 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but up 1 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 3.47 tons per hectare, up 1 percent from last month and up 4 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Justin.Jenkins@usda.gov.)

(Jul 12, 2024)

Pakistan rice production for marketing year 2024/25 is estimated at a record 10.0 million metric tons (mmt) (milled basis), up 0.5 mmt (5 percent) from last month, and up 0.13 mmt (1 percent) from last year. Harvested area is estimated at a record 3.8 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, but up 0.16 mha (4 percent) from last year. Yield is estimated at 3.95 tons per hectare (t/ha) on a rough basis, up 5 percent from last month, but down 3 percent from last year. Production is revised up based on the estimated month-to-month yield increase. (For more information, please contact James.Crutchfield@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2024)

Russia wheat production for marketing year 2024/25 is forecast at 83.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 6 percent from last month and 9 percent from last year and 1 percent from the 5-year average. The forecast includes 59.0 mmt of winter wheat and 24.0 mmt of spring wheat. USDA crop production forecasts for Russia exclude estimated output from Crimea. Total wheat yield is forecast at 2.95 tons per hectare, down 4 percent from last month and 7 percent from last year. Total harvested area is forecast at 28.1 million hectares (mha), down 1 percent from last month and 3 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2024)

Ukraine wheat production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 19.5 million metric tons, down 7 percent from last month, 15 percent from last year, and 26 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 4.15 tons per hectare, down 7 percent from last month and 10 percent from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 4.7 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, down 6 percent from last year and 26 percent from the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2024)

Wheat production in France for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 31.7 million metric tons (mmt), down 1.5 mmt from last month, 4.6 mmt below last year and 12 percent below the 5- year average. Harvested area is estimated at 4.6 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, but down 0.4 mha from last year and down 8 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 6.88 tons per hectare (t/ha), 5 percent lower than last month, 6 percent below last year and 4 percent below the 5-year average. The change in France’s production lowers the overall estimated European Union (EU) wheat total to 130.5 mmt. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2024)

Argentina wheat production for marketing year 2024/25 is forecast at 17.5 million metric tons, up 3 percent from last month, and up 10 percent from last year. Yield is forecast at 3.02 tons per hectare, down 2 percent from last month, but up 6 percent from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 5.8 million hectares (mha), up 6 percent from last month, and up 4 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2024)

USDA estimates Brazil rice production for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 at 7.0 million metric tons (milled basis), down 3 percent from last month, but up 3 percent from MY 2022/23. Harvested area is estimated at 1.5 million hectares (ha), down 45,000 ha or 3 percent from last month, but up 1 percent from the previous year. Yield is estimated at 6.86 metric tons per hectare (rough basis), slightly down from last month, but up 1 percent from the previous year. (For more information, please contact Aaron.Mulhollen@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2024)

USDA estimates India rice production for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 at 137.0 million metric tons (mmt) (milled basis), up 2 percent from last month, 1 percent from last year and 6 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 47.6 million hectares, down slightly from last year, but up 3 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 4.32 metric tons per hectare, up 3 percent from last month and 1 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Shannon.Moyo@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2024)

Zambia’s marketing year (MY) 2024/25 corn production is estimated at 1.51 million metric tons (mmt), down 1.75 mmt (54 percent) from last year’s crop, and down 50 percent from the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 0.69 million hectares (mha), down 0.73 mha (52 percent) from last year, and down 44 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 2.20 metric tons per hectare (t/ha), down 4 percent from last year’s yield and down 10 percent from the 5- year average. (For more information, contact Curt.Reynolds@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2024)

Australia's barley production for the 2024/25 marketing year is forecast at 11.5 million metric tons (mmt), a 6 percent increase from both the previous month and last year. Harvested area is forecast at 4.4 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, but up 0.2 mha or 5 percent from last year. Yield is forecast at 2.61 tons per hectare (t/ha), up 6 percent from last month, and up 2 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact James.Crutchfield@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2024)

USDA estimates Brazil soybean production for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 at 153.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 1 percent from last month, 6 percent from MY 2022/23, but 7 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 45.8 million hectares, down slightly from last month, but up 3 percent from the previous year and 10 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 3.34 metric tons per hectare, slightly down from last month, down 8 percent from MY 2022/23, and 2 percent below the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Aaron.Mulhollen@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2024)

France rapeseed production is forecast at 4.1 million metric tons (mmt), down 0.3 mmt or 6 percent from last month, 5 percent below last year, but up 8 percent from the 5-year average of 3.8 mmt. Harvested area is forecast at 1.3 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, down 3 percent from last year, but up 13 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 3.13 tons per hectare (t/ha), down 6 percent from last month, down 2 percent from last year, and down 4 percent from the 5-year average. The 0.3 mmt reduction in France, along with a few smaller changes in other European Union (EU) countries, nets a total EU rapeseed crop of 18.75 mmt, down 250,000 metric tons from last month. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2024)

Australia rapeseed production for marketing year 2024/25 is forecast at 5.5 million metric tons (mmt), down 1.0 mmt or 15 percent from last month, and down 0.2 mmt or 4 percent from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 3.2 million hectares (mha), down 0.6 mha from last month and down 0.3 mha or 9 percent from last year. Yield is forecast at 1.72 tons per hectare (t/ha), up 1 percent from last month, and up 6 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact James.Crutchfield@usda.gov.)