In Ukraine, The Straits Times reported that Ukraine is experiencing the lowest soil moisture levels of the last seven seasons, raising concerns about yields in 2025. “The total amount of precipitation for November-January was only 79.6 mm and was significantly inferior to the long-term average of 117 mm,” according to the Ukrainian national agricultural academy. […]
In Missouri, World Grain reported that the corn planting area in Argentina was revised upward to 6.6 million hectares from 6.3 million hectares in the latest Buenos Aires Grains Exchange estimate. The report noted that soybean planting area is now pegged at 18.4 million hectares, a reduction of 200,000 hectares from the previous estimate as […]
In Brazil, Dinheiro Rural reported that Brazil’s 2024/25 soybean harvest is expected to grow by 15 million tons compared to the previous year’s harvest, to a record 170 million tons, due to favorable weather conditions mainly in the country’s north-central states, according to Marcela Marini, analyst with Rabobank Marini said that the harvest in Mato […]
In Brazil, Safras & Mercado reported that the harvest of the 2024/25 summer corn crop in Brazil reached 16.1% of the estimated area of 3.512 million hectares as of the end of January. Harvesting work has reached 39.8% of the 886,000-hectare cultivated area in Rio Grande do Sul state, 26.7% of the 583,000 hectares planted […]
In Argentina, Noticias Agropecuarias reported that Argentina purchased 80% of the total soybean production in Paraguay for the 2023/2024 campaign, according to a report by the Paraguayan Chamber of Exporters and Traders of Cereals and Oilseeds (CAPECO). The report stated that Argentina was the main buyer of Paraguayan soybeans with 84% of the market, followed […]
In Argentina, the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange reported that soybean planting has been completed nationwide, following a week-on-week progress of 0.8 percentage points. Despite recent rainfall, the adequate to optimal soil moisture level has improved by only 3 percentage points, according to the exchange. As a result, 72% of the planted area remains in normal […]
In North Dakota, KFGO reported that National Sorghum Producers and the United Sorghum Checkoff Program recently joined the U.S. Grains Council for its annual Joint Officers’ Mission in India, held January. 12–17, to strengthen relationships with the country’s feed industry, explore sustainable aviation fuel priorities and highlight U.S. sorghum as a non-genetically modified (GM) option […]
In Argentina, Ambito reported that Uruguay is on track to double the area of rapeseed and carinata cultivated during the next 2025/2026 harvest with some 250,000 hectares planted, 100% more than in the 2024/2025 campaign when 125,000 hectares were reached nationwide, based on data from Urupov and IPB. Pablo Uteda, the general manager of Nuseed […]
In Missouri, World Grain reported that the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture projected China’s grain output to reach 706.5 million tons in the 2024-2025 marketing year, a 1.6% increase over the previous year driven by expanded acreage and higher yields. China’s National Bureau of Statistics forecasts a 2% year-on-year increase […]
In Illinois, WFIG Radio reported that The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported that Illinois had a positive year for soybean production in 2024. The report noted that farmers in the state produced 688 million bushels of soybean, exceeding the previous record of 667 million bushels set in 2018. The average yield increased to 64 […]
