(Jun 12, 2025)

USDA estimates marketing year (MY) 2024/25 rice production (milled basis) at the second highest on record at 150.0 million metric tons (mmt) and up 9 percent from MY 2023/24. Harvested area is estimated at a record 51.0 million hectares (mha) and up 7 percent from MY 2023/24. Yield (rough basis) is estimated as the second highest on record at 4.41 tons per hectare (t/ha), up 2 percent from the MY 2023/24 season. (For more information, please contact Dath.Mita@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2025)

USDA estimates marketing year (MY) 2025/26 wheat production at a record 117.5 million metric tons (mmt), up 1 percent from last month and 4 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 32.9 million hectares, up 1 percent from last month, 3 percent from last year and 5 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at a record 3.57 metric tons per hectare, down 1 percent from last month, slightly above last year, and 2 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Dath.Mita@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2025)

USDA forecasts Ukraine wheat production for marketing year 2025/26 at 23.0 million metric tons, unchanged from last month and down 2 percent from last year. Yield is forecast at 4.60 tons per hectare, unchanged from last month and up 2 percent from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 5.0 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month and down 4 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2025)

USDA estimates Uzbekistan wheat production for marketing year 2025/26 at 6.1 million metric tons, down 6 percent from last month, and 9 percent from last year. Wheat yield is estimated at 4.64 tons per hectare, down 6 percent from last month, and 10 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 1.3 million hectares, unchanged from last month, and up 1 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2025)

USDA estimates the combined wheat production in Northwest Africa for MY 2025/26, which includes the countries of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, at 8.1 million metric tons (mmt). This estimate is up 0.4 mmt from last month, with 0.2 mmt increases in both Morocco and Algeria. Production for the three country region is up 1.4 mmt from last year and 2 percent above the 5- year average. Harvested area is estimated at a combined 4.6 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, but up slightly from last year. Northwest Africa’s yield is estimated at 1.77 tons per hectare (t/ha), up 5 percent from last month and 21 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2025)

USDA estimates wheat production in Spain for marketing year (MY) 2025/26 at 8.2 million metric tons, up 7 percent from last month, 8 percent from last year, and 21 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 2.0 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but up 4 percent from last year, and nearly equivalent to the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 4.05 tons per hectare, 7 percent above last month, 4 percent above last year, and 21 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2025)

USDA estimates South Africa marketing year (MY) 2024/25 corn production at 15.8 million metric tons, down 2 percent from last month, but up 17 percent from MY 2023/24’s reduced production caused by an El Niño drought. The MY 2024/25 corn production estimate includes output from both developing and commercial sectors, with the commercial sector accounting for approximately 96 percent of total corn production. Harvested area is estimated at 3.0 million hectares (mha), down 2 percent from the previous month and down 1 percent from the previous year. Yield is estimated at 5.33 metric tons per hectare, up 18 percent from the previous year’s drought reduced crop, and 1 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Curt.Reynolds@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2025)

USDA forecasts Russia sunflowerseed production for marketing year (MY) 2025/26 at a record 17.5 million metric tons, unchanged from last month, up 4 percent from last year and 11 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 1.82 tons per hectare, unchanged from last month, up 4 percent from last year and 6 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is forecast at 9.6 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month and last year, and up 4 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2025)

USDA estimates marketing year (MY) 2024/25 Malaysia palm oil production at 19.4 million metric tons, up 4 percent from last month, but down 2 percent from MY 2023/24. Harvested area is estimated at 5.6 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but up 1 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 3.46 tons per hectare, up 4 percent from last month, but down 2 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Justin.Jenkins@usda.gov.)

(Jun 12, 2025)

USDA forecasts China marketing year (MY) 2025/26 cotton production at 30.0 million 480-pound bales, up 3 percent from last month, down 6 percent from last year, and up 3 percent from the 5- year average. Harvested area is forecast at 3.0 million hectares, up 2 percent from last month and last year, but down 1 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 2,214 kilograms per hectare, up 2 percent from last month, but down 8 percent from last year, and 3 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Dath.Mita@usda.gov.)

(May 12, 2025)

USDA estimates Brazil corn production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 at 130.0 million metric tons, up 3 percent from last month, 9 percent from MY 2023/24, and 10 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 22.3 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but 3 percent above MY 2023/24 and the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 5.83 tons per hectare, up 3 percent from last month, 6 percent from MY 2023/24, and 7 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Aaron.Mulhollen@usda.gov.)

(May 12, 2025)

Argentina corn production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 50.0 million metric tons, unchanged from last month, but down 2 percent from MY 2023/24. Corn yield is estimated at 7.81 tons per hectare (t/ha), unchanged from last month, but up 19 percent from MY 2023/24. Harvested area is estimated at 6.4 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, but down 18 percent from MY 2023/24. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(May 12, 2025)

Wheat production in the European Union (EU) for marketing year (MY) 2025/26 is estimated at 136.0 million metric tons, up 11 percent from last year and 3 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 24.0 million hectares, up 6 percent from last year and 1 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 5.67 tons per hectare, 5 percent above last year and 2 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(May 12, 2025)

USDA forecasts Australia wheat production for marketing year (MY) 2025/26 at 31.0 million metric tons, down 9 percent from last year and 8 percent below the 5-year average. Harvested area is forecast at 12.5 million hectares, down 4 percent from last year and 2 percent below the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 2.48 metric tons per hectare, down 5 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Shannon.Moyo@usda.gov.)

(May 12, 2025)

USDA forecasts Canada wheat production for marketing year (MY) 2025/26 at 36.0 million metric tons, up 3 percent from last year and 12 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is forecast at 10.9 million hectares, up 2 percent from last year and 8 percent up from the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 3.30 metric tons per hectare, up 1 percent from last year and 5 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Sarah.Parker@usda.gov.)

(May 12, 2025)

USDA forecasts Russia wheat production for marketing year (MY) 2025/26 at 83.0 million metric tons (mmt), up 2 percent from last year, but down 3 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 3.05 tons per hectare, up 4 percent from last year and 2 percent from the 5-year average. Total harvested area is forecast at 27.2 million hectares (mha), down 2 percent from last year and 4 percent from the 5- year average. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(May 12, 2025)

USDA forecasts marketing year (MY) 2025/26 India wheat production at a record 117.0 million metric tons (mmt), up 3 percent from last year and 7 percent from the 5-year average. Harvested area is forecast at 32.5 million hectares (mha), up 2 percent from last year and 4 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is forecast to be at a record 3.6 tons per hectare, up 1 percent from last year and 3 percent from the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Dath.Mita@usda.gov.)

(May 12, 2025)

USDA estimates Mexico wheat production for marketing year (MY) 2025/26 at 1.7 million metric tons (mmt), down 36 percent from last year. This production is the lowest in 53 years, tying MY 1972/73 output. Harvested area is estimated at a record low of 340,000 hectares (ha) due to prolonged drought and is down 27 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 5.00 tons per hectare (t/ha), down 12 percent from last year’s 5.69 t/ha and the lowest yield since MY 2015/16. (For more information, please contact Lisa.Colson@usda.gov.)

(May 12, 2025)

USDA forecasts Brazil soybean production for marketing year (MY) 2025/26 at a record 175.0 million metric tons, up 4 percent from last year and 16 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is forecast at a record 48.8 million hectares, 3 percent higher than last year and 11 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 3.59 tons per hectare, up marginally from last year and 4 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Aaron.Mulhollen@usda.gov.)

(May 12, 2025)

European Union (EU) rapeseed production is forecast at 19.2 million metric tons (mmt), up 14 percent above last year and 5 percent from the 5-year average. Harvested area is forecast at 6.0 million hectares (mha), up 4 percent from last year and the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 3.22 tons per hectare (t/ha), up 9 percent from last year and 1 percent above the 5-year average of 3.18 t/ha. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(May 12, 2025)

Ukraine sunflower production for marketing year (MY) 2025/26 is forecast at 14.4 million metric tons, up 11 percent from last year and near the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 2.40 tons per hectare, up 11 percent from last year and 7 percent from the 5-year average. Harvested area is forecast at 6.0 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last year, but down 7 percent from the 5- year average. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(May 12, 2025)

USDA forecasts marketing year (MY) 2025/26 Malaysia palm oil production at 19.2 million metric tons, up 3 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 5.7 million hectares, up 1 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 3.40 tons per hectare, up 2 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Justin.Jenkins@usda.gov.)

(May 12, 2025)

USDA forecasts China’s marketing year (MY) 2025/26 cotton production at 29.0 million 480- pound bales, down 9 percent from last year and down approximately 1 percent from the 5-year average. Harvested area is forecast at 2.9 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last year, but down 2 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 2,177 kilograms per hectare (kg/ha), down 9 percent from last year’s record. (For more information, please contact Dath.Mita@usda.gov.)

(Apr 10, 2025)

USDA estimates Argentina cotton production for marketing year 2024/25 at 1.5 million 480-pound bales, down 10 percent from last month and 9 percent from last year. Cotton yield is estimated at 544 kilograms per hectare, down 11 percent from last month and 6 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 600,000 hectares, unchanged from last month, but down 4 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Apr 10, 2025)

USDA estimates Argentina sunflowerseed production for marketing year 2024/25 at 4.2 million metric tons, up 5 percent from last month and 8 percent from last year. Sunflowerseed yield is estimated at 2.15 tons per hectare (t/ha), up 5 percent from last month and 2 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 1.95 million hectares, unchanged from last month and up 6 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Apr 10, 2025)

USDA estimates Bolivia soybean production for marketing year 2024/25 at 3.7 million metric tons, down 10 percent from last month and 3 percent from last year. Soybean yield is estimated at 1.97 tons per hectare, down 10 percent from last month and 4 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 1.9 million hectares, unchanged from last month and up 1 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Apr 10, 2025)

USDA estimates Brazil soybean production for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 at 154.5 million metric tons, up 1 percent from last month, but down 5 percent from MY 2022/23. Harvested area is estimated at 46.2 million hectares, up less than 1 percent from last month and 3 percent higher than MY 2022/23. Yield is estimated at 3.35 tons per hectare, up 1 percent from last month, but 8 percent below MY 2022/23. (For more information, please contact Aaron.Mulhollen@usda.gov.)

(Apr 10, 2025)

USDA estimates Brazil soybean production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 at a record 169.0 million metric tons, unchanged from last month, but up 9 percent from last year and 18 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at a record 47.4 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but 3 percent higher than last year and 13 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 3.57 tons per hectare, unchanged from last month, but up 6 percent from last year and 4 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Aaron.Mulhollen@usda.gov.)

(Apr 10, 2025)

USDA estimates South Africa’s marketing year (MY) 2024/25 soybean production at 2.4 million metric tons, up 3 percent from last month and 30 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at a record 1.2 million hectares, unchanged from last month and up 21 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 2.08 metric tons per hectare (t/ha), up 3 percent from last month, and 30 percent from last year’s El Niño drought, but 1 percent below the 5-year average. The early planted rainfed crops suffered from a mid-November through mid-December dry spell, but the crop recovered from beneficial La Niña rains from January through March. (For more information, please contact Curt.Reynolds@usda.gov.)

(Apr 10, 2025)

USDA estimates marketing year (MY) 2024/25 Malaysia palm oil production at 18.7 million metric tons, down 3 percent from last month and 5 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at a record 5.6 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but up 1 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 3.34 tons per hectare, down 3 percent from last month and 6 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Justin.Jenkins@usda.gov.)

(Apr 10, 2025)

USDA estimates marketing year 2024/25 Indonesia palm oil production at 46.0 million metric tons, down 1 percent from last month, but up 7 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at a record 14.0 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but up 4 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 3.29 tons per hectare, down 1 percent from last month, but up 3 percent last year. (For more information, please contact Justin.Jenkins@usda.gov.)

(Apr 10, 2025)

USDA estimates marketing year (MY) 2024/25 Cambodia rice production at 7.8 million metric tons (milled basis), up 6 percent from last month and 5 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 3.7 million hectares, up 2 percent from last month and 3 percent from last year. Yield (rough basis) is estimated at 3.46 tons per hectare, up 4 percent from last month and 2 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Justin.Jenkins@usda.gov.)

(Apr 10, 2025)

USDA estimates the marketing year (MY) 2024/25 rice production at a record for India at 147.0 million metric tons (milled basis), up 1 percent from last month and 7 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at a record 51.0 million hectares (mha), up 2 percent from last month, 7 percent from last year, and 10 percent from the 5-year average. The yield (rough basis) is estimated at 4.32 tons per hectare, down 1 percent from last month’s record, unchanged from last year, and up 3 percent from the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Dath.Mita@usda.gov.)

(Apr 10, 2025)

USDA estimates corn production in the European Union (EU) for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 at 59.3 million metric tons (mmt), up 1.3 mmt (2 percent) from last month, but down 2.6 mmt (4 percent) from last year, and 7 percent below the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 8.7 million hectares (mha), 1 percent above last month, 5 percent above last year, and 2 percent below the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 6.81 tons per hectare (t/ha), compared to 6.74 t/ha last month, 7.48 t/ha last year and 7.19 t/ha for the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(Mar 11, 2025)

USDA estimates Australia wheat production for marketing year 2024/25 at 34.1 million metric tons, up 7 percent from last month, 31 percent from last year and 14 percent from the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 13.1 million hectares, up slightly from last month, 6 percent from last year and 8 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 2.61 metric tons per hectare, up 6 percent from last month, 24 percent from last year and 8 percent above the 5-year average. The revisions were made based on the recently released official government estimates from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). (For more information, please contact Shannon.Moyo@usda.gov.)

(Mar 11, 2025)

Argentina wheat production for marketing year 2024/25 is estimated at 18.5 million metric tons, up 5 percent from last month and 17 percent from last year. Wheat yield is estimated at 3.03 tons per hectare (t/ha), up 3 percent from last month and 7 percent from last year’s yield. Harvested area is estimated at 6.1 million hectares, up 2 percent from last month and 9 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Mar 11, 2025)

USDA forecasts Australia sorghum production for marketing year 2024/25 at 2.3 million metric tons, up 10 percent from last month, 5 percent from last year and 21 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is forecast at 570,000 hectares, unchanged from last month, down 5 percent from last year and 6 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 4.04 metric tons per hectare, up 10 percent from last month and last year, and 22 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Shannon.Moyo@usda.gov.)

(Mar 11, 2025)

South Africa’s marketing year (MY) 2024/25 corn production is forecast at 16.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 1.0 mmt (6 percent) from last month, but up 2.6 mmt (19 percent) from last year. The USDA production forecast includes output from both developing and commercial sectors, with the commercial sector accounting for approximately 96 percent of the total output. Harvested area is estimated at 3.0 million hectares, down 150,000 ha (5 percent) from last month and nearly the same area as last year. Yield is forecast at 5.33 metric tons per hectare, down 1 percent from last month, nearly equal to the 5-year average, and up 19 percent from last year’s El Niño drought. (For more information, please contact Curt.Reynolds@usda.gov.)

(Mar 11, 2025)

USDA estimates Brazil corn production for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 at 119.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 2 percent from last month and 13 percent from MY 2022/23, but 6 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 21.7 million hectares, up 1 percent from last month but down 3 percent from MY 2022/23. Harvested area for MY 2023/24 is, however, 4 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 5.50 tons per hectare, down 3 percent from last month and 10 percent from MY 2022/23 but more than 2 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Aaron.Mulhollen@usda.gov.)

(Mar 11, 2025)

USDA estimates marketing year 2024/25 India corn production at a record of 40.0 million metric tons, up 5 percent from last month and 6 percent from last year due to ideal growing conditions. Harvested area is estimated at 11.2 million hectares, up 4 percent from last month, but down slightly from last year. Yield is estimated at a record 3.57 metric tons per hectare, up 2 percent from last month and 7 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Arnella.Trent@usda.gov.)

(Mar 11, 2025)

USDA estimates Mexico corn production for marketing year 2024/25 at 23.3 million metric tons, down 400,000 metric tons or 2 percent from last month, 1 percent from last year, and 12 percent from the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 6.4 million hectares, up 250,000 hectares or 4 percent from last month and last year, but down 6 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 3.67 tons per hectare (t/ha), down 6 percent from last month, 5 percent from last year’s drought-affected crop, and 6 percent from the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Lisa.Colson@usda.gov.)

(Mar 11, 2025)

Russia corn production for marketing year 2024/25 is estimated at 14.0 million metric tons, up 6 percent from last month, but down 16 percent from last year and 8 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 5.19 tons per hectare, up 2 percent from last month, but down 25 percent from last year and 10 percent from the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 2.7 million hectares, up 4 percent from last month, 13 percent from last year, and 2 percent from the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Mar 11, 2025)

Russia sunflowerseed production for marketing year 2024/25 is estimated at 16.9 million metric tons, up 2 percent from last month, but down 1 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 1.76 tons per hectare, unchanged from last month and down 4 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 9.6 million hectares, up 2 percent from last month and 3 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Mar 11, 2025)

Ukraine soybean production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 7.0 million metric tons, up 6 percent from last month and 35 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 2.41 tons per hectare, up 6 percent from last month, but down 7 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 2.9 million hectares, unchanged from last month and up 45 percent from last year. This season’s production and harvested area are records, surpassing the 5-year average by 70 percent and 67 percent, respectively. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Mar 11, 2025)

Argentina cotton production for marketing year 2024/25 is forecast at 1,675 480-pound bales, down 3 percent from last month, but up 2 percent from last year. Cotton yield is forecast at 608 kilograms per hectare, down 3 percent from last month, but up 5 percent from last year’s yield. Harvested area is forecast at 600,000 hectares, unchanged from last month and down 4 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Feb 11, 2025)

USDA estimates Brazil soybean production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 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 estimated at a record 47.4 million hectares, up slightly from last month, 3 percent higher than last year and 13 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 3.57 tons per hectare, virtually unchanged from last month, but up 7 percent from last year and 5 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Aaron.Mulhollen@usda.gov.)

(Feb 11, 2025)

Argentina soybean production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 49.0 million metric tons, down 6 percent from last month, but up 2 percent from last year. Soybean yield is forecast at 2.83 tons per hectare (t/ha), down 6 percent from last month, and 4 percent from last year’s yield. Harvested area is forecast at 17.3 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, and up 6 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Feb 11, 2025)

Paraguay soybean production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 10.7 million metric tons, down 4 percent from last month, and down 3 percent from last year. Soybean yield is estimated at 2.78 tons per hectare (t/ha), down 4 percent from last month and 5 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 3.9 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, and up 3 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Feb 11, 2025)

Malaysia palm oil production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 19.2 million metric tons, down 1 percent from last month, and 3 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 3.43 tons per hectare, down 1 percent from last month and 3 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Justin.Jenkins@usda.gov.)

(Feb 11, 2025)

Kazakhstan sunflowerseed production for marketing year 2024/25 is estimated at record 1.8 million metric tons, up 31 percent from last month, 48 percent from last year, and 75 percent from to the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at a record 1.46 tons per hectare, up 30 percent from last month, 33 percent from last year, and 32 percent from the 5-year average. Total harvested area is estimated at a record 1.3 million hectares, up less than 1 percent from last month, 11 percent from last year, and 33 percent from the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Feb 11, 2025)

Kazakhstan wheat production for marketing year 2024/25 is estimated at 18.6 million metric tons, up 3 percent from last month and 53 percent from last year. Total wheat yield is estimated at 1.42 tons per hectare, up 3 percent from last month and 54 percent from last year. Total harvested area is estimated at 13.1 million hectares, up less than 1 percent from last month, but down less than 1 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Feb 11, 2025)

USDA estimates Brazil corn production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 at 126.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 1 percent from last month, but up 3 percent from last year and 12 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 22.3 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but up 4 percent from last year and 7 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 5.65 tons per hectare, down 1 percent from last month and slightly below last year, but 5 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Aaron.Mulhollen@usda.gov.)

(Feb 11, 2025)

Argentina corn production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 50.0 million metric tons, down 2 percent from last month, but matching last year. Corn yield is forecast at 7.81 tons per hectare, down 2 percent from last month, but up 9 percent from last year’s yield. Harvested area is forecast at 6.4 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, and down 9 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Feb 11, 2025)

Mexico sorghum production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 4.2 million metric tons (mmt), down 7 percent from last month, down 6 percent from last year, and down 8 percent from the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 1.2 million hectares, down 9 percent from last month, down 7 percent from last year, and down 11 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 3.50 metric tons per hectare, up 3 percent from last month, slightly up from last year, and up 3 percent from the 5-year average.Mexico sorghum production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 4.2 million metric tons (mmt), down 7 percent from last month, down 6 percent from last year, and down 8 percent from the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 1.2 million hectares, down 9 percent from last month, down 7 percent from last year, and down 11 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 3.50 metric tons per hectare, up 3 percent from last month, slightly up from last year, and up 3 percent from the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Lisa.Colson@usda.gov.)

(Feb 11, 2025)

USDA estimates marketing year (MY) 2024/25 Sri Lanka rice production at 3.3 million metric tons (milled basis), down nearly 6 percent from last month, but up 7 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 1.2 million hectares, up nearly 1 percent from last month and up 2 percent from MY 2023/24. Yield is estimated at 4.18 metric tons per hectare (rough basis), down almost 7 percent from last month, but up 5 percent from last year because of access to inputs. (For more information, please contact Arnella.Trent@usda.gov.)

(Feb 11, 2025)

USDA estimates China’s marketing year (MY) 2024/25 cotton production at 31.0 million 480- pound bales, up 1.0 million bales or 3 percent from last month, up 13 percent or 3.65 million bales from last year, and up 10 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, but up 2 percent from last year, and down almost 4 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at a record 2,327 kilograms per hectare (kg/ha), up 3 percent from last month, 11 percent from last year and 14 percent from the 5-year average of 2,034 kg/ha. (For more information, please contact Dath.Mita@usda.gov.)

(Jan 10, 2025)

USDA estimates China’s marketing year (MY) 2024/25 cotton production at 30.0 million 480- pound bales up 1.8 million bales or 6 percent from last month, almost 10 percent or 2.7 million bales from last year, and 6 percent from the 5-year average of 28.2 million bales. Area is estimated at 2.9 million hectares (mha), up almost 2 percent from last month and last year, but down 4 percent from the 5-year average of 3.02 mha. Yield is estimated at a record 2,252 kilograms per hectare (kg/ha), up 5 percent from last month, 8 percent from last year and 11 percent from the 5-year average of 2,034 kg/ha. Yield is significantly above the long-term trend as cotton area has shifted to the highly mechanized Xinjiang province, where yield is nearly double that of elsewhere in the country. Over 90 percent of China cotton is now produced in Xinjiang province. According to the Xinjiang Provincial Statistics Department, approximately 41 percent of cotton is produced by Xinjiang Production and Construction Engineering Corp and 59 percent is produced by the Local Cooperative System. (For more information, please contact Dath.Mita@usda.gov.)

(Jan 10, 2025)

USDA forecasts Australia cotton production for marketing year 2024/25 at 5.4 million 480 lb. bales, up 8 percent from last month, 8 percent from last year and 34 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is forecasted at 600,000 hectares, up 9 percent from last month, 19 percent from last year and 41 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is forecasted at 1,960 kilograms per hectare, down 1 percent from last month, 9 percent from last year and 7 percent below the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Shannon.Moyo@usda.gov.)

(Jan 10, 2025)

Pakistan cotton production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 5.2 million 480-pound bales, down 26 percent from last year. The harvested area is estimated at 2.0 million hectares, down nearly 17 percent from MY 2023/24. The 17 percent area decline is due to farmers planting more profitable crops such as rice and corn. Cotton production is revised lower because of 33 percent lower arrivals. Yield is estimated at 566 kilograms per hectare, down nearly 11 percent from last year. The decline is due to less-than-ideal growing conditions, such as heatwaves at planting and wet conditions impacting growing conditions and harvest. (For more information, please contact Arnella.Trent@usda.gov.)

(Jan 10, 2025)

USDA forecasts rapeseed production for the marketing year (MY) 2024/25 at 11.6 million metric tons, down 4 percent from last month and unchanged from last year. The harvested area is forecasted at 8.9 million hectares, down nearly 4 percent from last month and last year due to farmers planting more profitable crops such as rice. Yield is forecast at 1.30 tons per hectare, up 4 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Arnella.Trent@usda.gov.)

(Jan 10, 2025)

Russia corn production for marketing year 2024/25 is estimated at 13.3 million metric tons (mmt), up 2 percent from last month, but down 20 percent from last year and 13 percent from the 5-year average. Total corn yield is estimated at 5.10 tons per hectare (t/ha), down 2 percent from last month, 26 percent from last year, and 12 percent from the 5-year average. Total harvested area is estimated at 2.6 million hectares (mha), up 4 percent from last month and 8 percent from last year, but down 1 percent relative to the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Jan 10, 2025)

Argentina corn production for marketing year 2024/25 is forecast at 51.0 million metric tons, unchanged from last month, and up 2 percent from last year. Corn yield is forecast at 7.97 tons per hectare (t/ha), unchanged from last month, and up 12 percent from last year’s yield. Harvested area is forecast at 6.4 million hectares, unchanged from last month, and down 9 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Jan 10, 2025)

USDA forecasts Australia sorghum production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 at 2.1 million metric tons (mmt), down 13 percent from last month and 5 percent from last year, but up 10 percent from the 5-year average. Harvested area is forecasted at 570,000 hectares, down 5 percent from last month and last year, yet 6 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is forecasted at 3.68 tons per hectare, down 8 percent from last month, slightly up from last year and 11 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Shannon.Moyo@usda.gov.)