In Brazil, Band News reported that Brazil reached a historic milestone in grain production in 2025, with 346.1 million tons, according to data released by IBGE. This is the largest volume since the beginning of the historical series of the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production, in 1975, according to the report. Production recovered after the […]
In Brazil, Safras & Mercado reported that according to an addendum from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Argentina’s soybean production is estimated at 47.5 million tons in 2025/26, down from 50.5 million tons in the previous season. The total planted area is estimated at 16.5 million hectares in 2025/26, compared to 17.5 million […]
In Illinois, WFIW reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has estimated that American corn farmers produced more than 17 billion bushels of corn in 2025, setting a new record for the nation. The estimate, which exceeded average trade expectations, was driven by a significant increase in harvested acres and record-high yields. According to […]
In Zimbabwe, The Herald reported that local farmers have planted 553 325 hectares with sorghum countrywide, with self-financed growers planting the largest hectarage. Agriculture experts have attributed the increase in the production of traditional grains to a combination of climate, economic, health and food security realities, according to the report. The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, […]
In Kenya, Milling Middle East & Africa reported that Argentina’s soybean exports for the 2025/26 marketing year are projected to reach 8.2-8.3 million metric tons (MMT), a 5% increase from the previous year and the highest volume in six years, according to a report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of […]
In Ukraine, UkrAgroConsult reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping has issued a mandate to expand grain production as the Asian country seeks to shield its food supply from global volatility. Speaking at a two-day work conference in Beijing that concluded on Tuesday, Xi stressed the need to modernize agriculture and rural areas over the coming […]
In Ukraine, APK Inform reported that preliminary data showed that farms of all categories in Russia harvested 139.4 million tons of grain in 2025, up from 125.9 million tons a year earlier, including 91.4 million tons of wheat. The gross harvest of barley increased from 16.7 million tons in 2024 to 19.7 million tons, while […]
In Indonesia, Reuters reported that Indonesia will likely increase its palm oil export levy to support the country’s biodiesel mandate, according to the country’s energy ministry official Eniya Listiani Dewi. Indonesia, the largest palm oil producer, has implemented a mandatory 40% palm-based biodiesel blend, known as B40, the highest blending rate in the world. It […]
In Missouri, Brownfield reported that the USDA reported a mixed start to the calendar year for U.S. export inspections. Corn inspections during the week ending January 1 fell below the previous week but was more than double this time last year as the strong sales from earlier in the marketing year leave U.S. ports, according […]
In Canada, Manitoba Co-Operator reported that the average corn yield in Manitoba was 147 bushels per acre, according to data from Statistics Canada. That number would set a provincial record and sounds high, since many regions of Manitoba were extremely dry in May, June and early July, according to the report. Statistics Canada said in […]
