Category: Food & Agriculture

China’s grain production expected to rise in 2025

China’s grain production expected to rise in 2025

April 27, 2025 |

In Ukraine, UkrAgroConsult reported that China’s grain and tuber output is expected to further expand in 2025 after a record 706.5 million tons harvested last year , according to a report released by the Agricultural Forecasting Expert Council of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. The report noted that grain and tuber output is […]

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Morocco’s grain production projected to surge by 41%

Morocco’s grain production projected to surge by 41%

April 27, 2025 |

In Ukraine, UkrAgroConsult reported that Morocco’s Agriculture Ministry expects the gross grain harvest to rise to 4.4 million tons this year, up 41% from last year, thanks to rains in March and April. The report highlighted that Morocco’s agriculture has suffered from drought for seven consecutive years. Last year, only 3.1 million tons were harvested, […]

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Wheat harvest may decline in planted area in Brazil in 2025, study finds

Wheat harvest may decline in planted area in Brazil in 2025, study finds

April 27, 2025 |

In Brazil, AgroLink reported that the area allocated to wheat cultivation in Brazil is expected to be reduced in the next harvest, according to an analysis by the International Center for Economic Analysis and Agricultural Market Studies (Ceema), The report noted that planting of the new crop has begun in the states of Goiás and […]

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Iran expects major drop in domestic wheat yields

Iran expects major drop in domestic wheat yields

April 27, 2025 |

In Iran, Press TV reported that officials from the Iranian ministry of agriculture said  that the country’s wheat harvest could amount to 9-11 million metric tons  this year, down from the 16 million metric tons reported last year. Mohammad Reza Talayi, a deputy agriculture minister, said that lower precipitation had caused a major decline in […]

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Farmers already harvested 38% of wheat area in India, minister says

Farmers already harvested 38% of wheat area in India, minister says

April 20, 2025 |

In India, Business Standard reported that India has harvested 38% of the total wheat area of an estimated 32 million hectare so far in the ongoing 2025-26 marketing season, according to the country’s Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Wheat “harvesting conditions are better” in key growing states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, […]

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Trade war to negatively impact US sorghum sales to China

Trade war to negatively impact US sorghum sales to China

April 20, 2025 |

In Illinois, Reuters reported that U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with China comes at a bad time for sorghum growers in the country.  The report noted that China accounted for nearly 90% of U.S. sorghum exports last year. Those purchases have largely ground to a halt, due to the tariffs war between the two […]

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Abiove reduces Brazil’s soybean harvest forecast

Abiove reduces Brazil’s soybean harvest forecast

April 20, 2025 |

In Brazil, Noticias Agricolas reported that Brazil’s 2025 soybean crop was estimated at a record 169.6 million tons, but with a slight reduction of 0.8% in the forecast compared to the March figure, according to a monthly update from the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove). Production in 2025, with the harvest almost complete, […]

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Brazil harvested almost 90% of the 2024/25 soybean area, Conab finds

Brazil harvested almost 90% of the 2024/25 soybean area, Conab finds

April 20, 2025 |

In Brazil, Canal Rural reported that Brazil’s National Supply Company (Conab) stated that the 2024/25 soybean harvest in Brazil reached 88.3% of the cultivated area, an increase of 3 percentage points compared to the previous week. There was an advance of 5.2 percentage points in relation to the same moment of the last harvest, when […]

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Argentine soybean harvest to reach 48.6 million tons this crop season, exchange says

Argentine soybean harvest to reach 48.6 million tons this crop season, exchange says

April 20, 2025 |

In Argentina, Bichos de Campo reported that the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange confirmed its projected soybean harvest of 48.6 million tons. This follows the improvement in the second-season soybean crop, following weather events that called into question the crop’s condition in several regions, In the last week, the area of ​​Argentine soybeans still standing in […]

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Global crop expected to reach 2.37 billion in 2025-26, IGC says

Global crop expected to reach 2.37 billion in 2025-26, IGC says

April 20, 2025 |

In Missouri, World Grain reported that global grains production in the 2025-26 marketing year is forecast at a record 2.373 billion tons, according to the International Grains Council (IGC). In its April Grain Market Report, the IGC revised its corn output projection to a record 1.274 billion tons, while projections for wheat and rice remained […]

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