In Brazil, Noticias Agricolas reported that Brazilian grain production in the 2025/26 crop is estimated at 354.4 million tons, representing a slight increase of 0.6%, or 2.2 million tons more than the volume obtained in the 2024/25 cycle, according to the third grain crop survey released by the National Supply Company (Conab). The result reflects […]
In Ukraine, UkrAgroConsult reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has increased its forecast for global soybean production and crushing in the 2025/26 season. Global soybean production is expected to increase by 800,000 tons to 422.5 million tons, reflecting increased harvests in Russia and India, while production in Canada and Ukraine declines. Global soybean […]
In Brazil, Forbes reported that Brazil’s total corn production for the 2025/26 season is expected to reach 135.3 million tons, compared to the record 141.1 million tons registered in the previous harvest, according to an estimate released by AgRural. AgRural also said it maintained its projection for Brazil’s soybean production in the 2025/26 crop year […]
In Ukraine, UkrAgroConsult reported that Indonesia’s domestic and export demand for crude palm oil (CPO) surged in 2025, boosting sales and export revenue for the country’s palm oil industry, according to data from the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (Gapki). Gapki reported that domestic CPO consumption reached 18,460 tons between January and September 2025, up 5.1% […]
In Malaysia, The Edge Malaysia reported that Malaysia’s palm oil stocks rose in November to a more than 6-1/2-year high, as weaker exports coincided with the second-highest production ever recorded for the month, data from the industry regulator showed. Malaysia’s palm oil stocks in November rose 13% from the previous month to 2.84 million metric […]
In Argentina, Buenos Aires Times reported that Argentine Economy Minister Luis Caputo announced a permanent reduction in export duties on a large number of agricultural products, including soybeans, corn, wheat and other crops. According to Caputo, soybean duties will drop 26% to 24%, soy by-products from 24.5% to 22.5%, wheat and barley from 9.5% to […]
In Kenya, Milling Middle East & Africa reported that China’s soybean imports are projected to hit unprecedented levels in 2025, surpassing 110 million metric tons by year-end amid trade uncertainties and robust South American harvests. Agricultural consultancy JCI, citing customs data, reported that cumulative imports in the first 11 months of the year already […]
In Ukraine, UkrAgroConsult reported that Australia’s sorghum production is forecast to reach 2.6 million tons in 2025-26, up 200,000 tons from the September estimate, but 14 percentage points down on last season, according to Australian government agency ABARES. The report noted that Queensland region is expected to produce 1.7 million tons of this total, 100,000 […]
In Brazil, Reuters reported that Brazil’s 2025/26 soybean crop is expected to reach a new record of 171.89 million tons, representing a 1.4% annual increase compared to the previous season, according to a projection by consultancy Pátria AgroNegócios. The company slightly raised its projection compared to the previous assessment of 171.51 million tons, considering a […]
In the US, pv magazine reported that a research team from the United States’ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has experimentally examined how shading in agrivoltaic systems influences sorghum and soybean grain yields, focusing on source-sink dynamics, which are the processes by which plants produce and allocate assimilates like sugars during growth. “To our knowledge, no […]
