In Ukraine, UkrAgroConsult reported that palm oil exports from Indonesia rose to 2.75 million tons in June, according to Oil World. This is 1.26 million tons more than in May (1.49 million tons ), but 0.3 million tons less than in June last year. Shipments of refined palm oil totaled 2.21 million tons (1.33 million […]
In Missouri, Brownfield reported that the 2026 U.S. sorghum production will be considerably smaller than 2025, according to figures from the USDA. The USDA sees this year’s crop at 296.44 million bushels, a drop of 140.85 million on the year due to lower yield and acreage, both of which have been impacted by drought in […]
In Illinois, WPSD reported that a new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign shows a lack of genetic variance in corn across the corn belt, potentially posing a major problem for farmers in the future. Researchers said that breeders have reused the strongest performing lines as parents for decades, gradually reducing the overall diversity […]
In Brazil, GloboRural reported that Brazil’s National Supply Company (Conab) has revised its projection for the 2025/26 grain harvest upwards, confirming expectations of a record harvest. The survey indicates that the harvested volume will be 360.8 million tons, approximately 700,000 tons more than the report released in July. Compared to the 2024/25 cycle, the increase […]
In Ukraine, UkrAgroConsult reported that Malaysia’s palm oil stocks are estimated to have increased for a fifth consecutive month in July, reaching their highest level in nearly two years. According to a Reuters survey of 11 traders, producers and analysts, inventories are estimated at 2.25 million tons, up 10.8% from June, the report stated. The […]
In Brazil, Safras & Mercado reported that the intended soybean planting area in Argentina for the 2026/27 season would total 18.30 million hectares, an increase of 11% compared to the area planted in the 2025/26 season of 16.5 million hectares. Safras & Mercados analyst Agustín Geier explained that the growth in area at the national […]
In the UK, Farm Progress reported that in its latest crop production report, the USDA cut its estimate for average 2026 U.S. corn yields to 180.7 bushels per acre (bpa), down from 183 bpa previously. Meanwhile, soybean yields were pegged at 52.7 bpa, down from USDA’s previous 53-bpa projection, according to the report. USDA boosted […]
In Brazil, CNN Brasil reported that Brazilian sorghum exports scheduled for August total at least 400,000 tons, with China taking a large share of the shipments, in a move that marks the effective start of Brazilian exports of this cereal to the Asian country. After Brazil managed to authorize exporters to export sorghum to China […]
In Brazil, StoneX reported that Brazil exported 48.3 million tons of soybeans to China in the first half of 2026, a volume close to that recorded in the same period of the previous year. China accounted for 69% of Brazilian soybean exports in the first half of 2026, down from 75% a year earlier, according […]
In Kenya, Milling Middle East & Africa reported that South Africa could begin exporting part of its growing soybean surplus to China during the 2026/2027 marketing year as record production and improved trade access create fresh opportunities for the country’s agricultural sector. Wandile Sihlobo, Chief Economist at the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz), […]
