(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.)

(May 10, 2024)

In Northwest Africa (the countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia), the wheat forecast for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is expected to have mixed results. The poorest conditions can be found in the large southern and central growing regions of Morocco, as well as in northeastern Morocco and adjacent areas of western Algeria. Conditions are better farther east in central and eastern Algeria, due to increased rainfall, particularly falling later in the season. Tunisia is expected to have the best conditions of the Maghreb, having received favorable rainfall throughout most of the growing season. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(May 10, 2024)

Wheat production in the European Union (EU) for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is estimated at 132.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 2.2 mmt from last year and 2 percent below the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 23.4 million hectares (mha), down 0.8 mha from last year and down 0.6 mha from the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 5.64 tons per hectare (t/ha), 2 percent above last year and 1 percent above the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(May 10, 2024)

Russia wheat production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 88.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 4 percent from last year, but up 5 percent from the 5-year average. The forecast includes 64.0 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 3.09 tons per hectare, down 3 percent from last year, but up 5 percent from the 5-year average. Total harvested area is forecast at 28.5 million hectares (mha), down 1 percent from last year, but up 1 percent from the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(May 10, 2024)

USDA forecasts Canada wheat production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 at 34.0 million metric tons (mmt), up 6 percent from last year and 8 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 10.7 million hectares, up slightly from last year and 8 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 3.18 metric tons per hectare, up 6 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Shannon.Moyo@usda.gov.)

(May 10, 2024)

USDA forecasts China’s marketing year (MY) 2024/25 wheat production at a record 140.0 million metric tons (mmt), up 3.4 mmt or 2 percent from last year, and up 3 percent from the 5-year average of 135.8 mmt. Harvested area is estimated at 23.7 million hectares (mha), up 0.3 percent from last year. Yield is forecast at 5.91 metric tons per hectare (t/ha), up 2 percent from last year’s yield of 5.78 t/ha. (For more information, please contact Dath.Mita@usda.gov.)

(May 10, 2024)

USDA estimates marketing year (MY) 2024/25 India wheat production at a record 114.0 million metric tons, up nearly 3 percent from last year’s record. Harvested area is at a record 32.0 million hectares, up nearly 2 percent from last year. Yield is estimated to reach a record of 3.56 metric tons per hectare, up 1 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Arnella.Trent@usda.gov.)

(May 10, 2024)

European Union (EU) rapeseed production is forecast at 19.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 1.0 mmt or 5 percent below last year, but up 7 percent from the 5-year average of 17.8 mmt. Harvested area is estimated at 5.9 million hectares (mha), down 0.4 mha or 6 percent from last year, but up 5 percent above the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 3.25 tons per hectare (t/ha), up slightly from last year’s 3.22 t/ha, and 2 percent above the 5-year average of 3.18 t/ha. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(May 10, 2024)

Soybean production in Brazil for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 is estimated at 154.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 1.0 mmt (1 percent) from last month, and down 8.0 mmt (5 percent) from the record crop in MY 2022/23. Harvested area is estimated at a record 45.9 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, and up 1.3 mha (3 percent) from the previous year. Yield is estimated at 3.36 tons per hectare (t/ha), down 1 percent from last month, 8 percent from the previous year’s record yield, and 2 percent below the 5-year average. Production prospects were lowered this month after excessive rainfall in late April damaged unharvested crops in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. (For more information, please contact Curt.Reynolds@usda.gov.)

(May 10, 2024)

Ukraine sunflowerseed production for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 14.7 million metric tons, up 1 percent from last year, but down 2 percent from the 5-year average. Yield is forecast at 2.37 tons per hectare, down 2 percent from last year, but up 2 percent from the 5-year average. Harvested area is forecast at 6.2 million hectares (mha), up 3 percent from last year, but down 4 percent from the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(May 10, 2024)

Brazil corn production for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 is estimated at 122.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 2.0 mmt (2 percent) from last month, and down 15.0 mmt (11 percent) from the previous year’s (MY 2022/23) record crop. Harvested area is estimated at 21.5 million hectares (mha), down 0.4 mha (2 percent) from last month and down 0.9 mha (4 percent) from the previous year’s record area. Yield is estimated at 5.67 tons per hectare, down 7 percent from the previous year’s record yield, but up 4 percent from the 5-year average yield. According to Brazil’s Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (CONAB) April report, area planted to second-season (safrinha) corn is down 1.4 mha (8 percent) compared to the previous year.(For more information, please contact Curt.Reynolds@usda.gov.)

(May 10, 2024)

Argentina corn production for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 is estimated at 53.0 million metric tons, down 4 percent from last month, but up 47 percent from the previous year (MY 2022/23). Yield is estimated at 7.57 tons per hectare, down 4 percent from last month, but up 42 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 7.0 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, but up 4 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(May 10, 2024)

Brazil’s marketing year (MY) 2024/25 cotton production is forecast at a record 16.7 million 480- pound bales, up by 2.1 million bales (15 percent) from last year’s record and 31 percent above the 5-year average. Harvested area is forecast at 1.94 million hectares (mha), up 280,000 hectares (17 percent) from last year. Cotton yield is forecast at 1,874 kilograms per hectare (kg/ha), down 2 percent from the previous year’s record yield, but up 7 percent from the 5-year average. Harvest will begin in June for the state of Mato Grosso, where 73 percent of national cotton production is grown. Second-season cotton in Mato Grosso is planted after soybeans are harvested. (For more information, please contact Curt.Reynolds@usda.gov.)

(May 10, 2024)

Australia’s marketing year (MY) 2023/24 cotton production is forecast at 5.0 million 480-pound bales, up 0.2 million bales or 4 percent from last month but down 14 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 570,000 hectares (ha), up 55,000 ha or 11 percent from last month, but down 80,000 ha or 12 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact James.Crutchfield@usda.gov.)

(May 10, 2024)

USDA forecasts China’s marketing year (MY) 2024/25 cotton production at 27.0 million 480- pound bales (5.9 million metric tons), down 2 percent from last year and down approximately 5 percent from the 5-year average of 28.4 million bales. Harvested area is estimated at 2.9 million hectares (mha), down 2 percent from last year, and down 10 percent from the 5-year average of 3.2 mha. In recent years, cotton planted area has been on a decreasing trend due to continued area declines on the North China Plain and in the Yangtze River basin. Yield is forecast close to the long-term trend value at 2,063 kilograms per hectare (kg/ha), slightly down from last year’s yield of 2,065 kg/ha, but 5 percent above the 5-year average of 1,968 kg/ha. The yield potential continues to follow the long-term trend due to the increasing quantity of cotton produced in Xinjiang province, where yields have nearly doubled compared to elsewhere in the country. Approximately 90 percent of total China cotton is now produced in Xinjiang province on an estimated 2.55 million hectares, according to industry sources. (For more information, please contact Dath.Mita@usda.gov.)

(Apr 11, 2024)

South Africa’s marketing year (MY) 2023/24 corn production is estimated at 14.0 million metric tons (mmt), down 1.5 mmt (10 percent) from last month, down 3.1 mmt (18 percent) from last year, and down 10 percent from the five-year average. The USDA production estimate includes output from both developing and commercial sectors, with the commercial sector accounting for approximately 96 percent of the total crop. Harvested area is estimated at 3.0 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but up two percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 4.67 metric tons per hectare, down 10 percent from last month, down 20 percent from last year, and down 12 percent from the five-year average. Yields are below average due to El Niño induced dry spells and heat waves in February and early March when the crop was in early grain-filling stages. (For more information, please contact Curt.Reynolds@usda.gov.)

(Apr 11, 2024)

Corn production in the European Union (EU) for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 is estimated at 61.0 million metric tons (mmt), up 0.9 mmt (2 percent) from last month, up 8.7 mmt (17 percent) from last year, but 5 percent below the 5-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 8.3 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but 6 percent below last year and 7 percent below the 5-year average. Yield is estimated at 7.37 tons per hectare (t/ha), slightly up from last month’s 7.26 t/ha and the 5-year average of 7.25 t/ha. (For more information, please contact Bryan.Purcell@usda.gov.)

(Apr 11, 2024)

USDA estimates Mexico’s marketing year 2023/24 corn production at 23.3 million metric tons, down 3 percent from last month and down 17 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 6.1 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, but down 11 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 3.82 metric tons per hectare (t/ha), down 3 percent from last month, and down 6 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Justin.Jenkins@usda.gov.)

(Apr 11, 2024)

Paraguay soybean production for marketing year 2023/24 is estimated at 10.5 million metric tons, up 2 percent from last month, and up 4 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 2.95 tons per hectare, up 2 percent from last month, and up 6 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 3.56 million hectares, up slightly from last month, but down 1 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Apr 11, 2024)

South Africa’s marketing year (MY) 2023/24 soybean production is estimated at 1.82 million metric tons (mmt), down 0.3 mmt (15 percent) from last month, down 0.9 mmt (34 percent) from last year, and 2 percent below the five-year average. Area is estimated at a record 1.15 million hectares, up 25,000 thousand hectares (2 percent) from last month, nearly the same as last year, and up 33 percent from the five-year average. Yield is estimated at 1.58 metric tons per hectare, down 17 percent from last month, down 34 percent from last year, and down 25 percent from the five-year average. Yields are well below average due to El Niño induced dry spells and heat waves in February when the crop was in early pod-filling stages. (For more information, please contact Curt.Reynolds@usda.gov.)

(Apr 11, 2024)

South Africa’s marketing year (MY) 2023/24 sunflowerseed production is estimated at 590,000 metric tons (mt), down 80,000 mt (12 percent) from last month, down 134,000 mt (19 percent) from last year, and down 153,000 mt (21 percent) from the five-year average. Harvested area is estimated at 530,000 hectares (ha), down 85,000 ha (14 percent) from last month and down 26,000 ha (5 percent) from last year. Yield is estimated at 1.11 metric tons per hectare, nearly equal to last month, but down 15 percent from last year, and down 19 percent from the five-year average. Yields are well below average due to El Niño induced dry spells and heat waves, which occurred during late February and early March. (For more information, please contact Curt.Reynolds@usda.gov.)

(Apr 11, 2024)

USDA estimates marketing year (MY) 2023/24 Bangladesh rice production at 37.0 million metric tons (milled basis), up about 2 percent from last year due to a slight increase in planted area. Harvested area is estimated at 11.75 million hectares, up slightly from last month. Rough yield is estimated at 4.72 metric tons per hectare, slightly higher than a year ago. (For more information, please contact Arnella.Trent@usda.gov.)

(Apr 11, 2024)

USDA forecasts Indonesia marketing year (MY) 2023/24 rice production at 33.0 million metric tons (milled basis), down 1 percent from last month and down 3 percent from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 11.0 million hectares, down 3 percent from last month and from last year. Rough yield is forecast at 4.73 tons per hectare (mt/ha), up 1 percent from last month and slightly up from last year. (For more information, please contact Justin.Jenkins@usda.gov.)

(Mar 08, 2024)

Soybean production in Brazil for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 is estimated at 155.0 million metric tons (mmt), lower by 1.0 mmt (1 percent) from last month, and lower by 7.0 mmt (4 percent) from last season’s record crop. Harvested area is estimated at a record 45.9 million hectares (mha), unchanged from last month, and up 1.3 mha (3 percent) from last year. Yield is estimated below the 10-year trend at 3.38 tons per hectare (t/ha), down 1 percent from last month’s yield, and down 7 percent from last year’s record yield. Current harvest results led to the lower production this month. (For more information, please contact Sunita.Yadav-Pauletti@usda.gov.)

(Mar 08, 2024)

USDA estimates rapeseed production for marketing year 2023/24 at a record 12.5 million metric tons (mmt), up 4 percent from last month, and 11 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at a record 9.3 million hectares, unchanged from last month and up 4 percent from last year due to favorable planting conditions. Yield is estimated at 1.35 metric tons per hectare, up 4 percent from last month, and 6 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Arnella.Trent@usda.gov.)

(Mar 08, 2024)

USDA estimates India rice production for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 at 134.0 million metric tons (milled basis), up 2 percent from last month, but down 1 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at a record 48.0 million hectares, up 2 percent from last month and slightly above last year. Yield is estimated at 4.19 tons per hectare, down 2 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Arnella.Trent@usda.gov.)

(Mar 08, 2024)

USDA estimates marketing year (MY) 2023/24 rice production at 12.3 million metric tons (milled basis), down 2 percent from last month, and 3 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 4.8 million hectares, unchanged from last month, but down 1 percent from the previous year. Yield (rough basis) is estimated at 4.07 tons per hectare, down 2 percent from last month and last year. (For more information, please contact Justin.Jenkins@usda.gov.)

(Mar 08, 2024)

Russia wheat production for marketing year 2023/24 is estimated at 91.5 million metric tons (mmt), up 1 percent from last month, but down 1 percent from last year, and up 15 percent from the 5-year average. The estimate includes 64.0 mmt of winter wheat and 27.5 mmt of spring wheat. Total wheat yield is estimated at 3.17 metric tons per hectare (t/ha), unchanged relative to last year and up 11 percent from the 5-year average. Total harvested area is estimated at 28.8 million hectares (mha), down 1 percent from last year, but up 4 percent from the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Mar 08, 2024)

Russia corn production for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 is estimated at 16.6 million metric tons, down 2 percent from last month, up 5 percent from last year and 18 percent from the 5-year average. Total corn yield is estimated at a record 6.92 tons per hectare (t/ha), up 5 percent from last month, 15 percent from last year, and 29 percent above the 5-year average. Total harvested area is estimated at 2.4 million hectares, down 7 percent from last month, and 9 percent from last year and the 5-year average. (For more information, please contact Iliana.Mladenova@usda.gov.)

(Mar 08, 2024)

Argentina corn production for marketing year 2023/24 is forecast at 56.0 million metric tons, up 2 percent from last month, and up 56 percent from last year. Corn yield is forecast at 8.00 tons per hectare, up slightly from last month, and up 50 percent from last year’s yield. Harvested area is forecast at 7.0 million hectares (mha), up 1 percent from last month, and 4 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)

(Mar 08, 2024)

USDA estimates marketing year 2023/24 corn production at 24.0 million metric tons, down 4 percent from last month and down 15 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 6.1 million hectares (mha), down 5 percent from last month and 11 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 3.93 metric tons per hectare, up 1 percent from last month, but down 3 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Justin.Jenkins@usda.gov and Ifeoma.Collins@usda.gov.)

(Mar 08, 2024)

Brazil corn production for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 is estimated at 124.0 million metric tons (mmt), unchanged from last month, and lower by 13.0 mmt (9 percent) from last year’s record crop. Harvested area for all three corn crops is estimated unchanged from last month at 21.9 million hectares (mha), and lower by 0.5 mha (2 percent) from last year’s record. Yield is estimated at 5.66 tons per hectare, 7 percent below the record MY 2022/23 yield, and 2 percent above the 10- year trend yield. Planted area for the second-season crop was reduced drastically this season by market pressures to 15.9 mha (about 7.6 percent lower than last year) according to the Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (CONAB). This is the largest area reduction observed for the Brazilian safrinha crop. The state with the largest area reduction is the highest safrinha producer, Mato Grosso, where area was reduced by 9 percent or 656,000 hectares. (For more information, please contact Sunita.Yadav-Pauletti@usda.gov.)

(Mar 08, 2024)

Argentina cotton production for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 is forecast at 1.60 million 480-lb bales, down 6 percent from last month, but up 37 percent from last year. Cotton production is forecast as the second highest, after the record in MY 1995/96. Cotton yield is forecast at 622 kilograms per hectare, down 6 percent from last month, but up 26 percent from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 560,000 hectares (ha), unchanged from last month, but up 9 percent from last year. (For more information, please contact Katie.McGaughey@usda.gov.)