New Grain Production Estimates The government of India (GOI) released its third advance estimates on 23 April, putting 2011/12 grain production at 252.56 MMT, nearly 2 MMT higher than the second advance estimates of 250.42 MMT released on 2 February. The total grain production is estimated to be 7.78 MMT higher than last year's grain production of 244.78 MMT, an increase of 3.17 percent.Rice production is estimated at 103.41 MMT. Wheat production is estimated at 90.23 MMT, a new record, and is higher than last year's production by almost 4 MMT and higher than the second advance estimates by almost 2 MMT.With the country's problem of plenty and unavailable storage space, there are indications that GOI may release more grain under the Open...
What You Need to Know Today: Declining crop conditions ratings and shaky results from the Pro Farmer crop tour sent grains sharply higher on Tuesday. The Pro Farmer tour in Ohio pegged the state yield at 180.18 BPA, about 5.5 BPA below the tour’s 2025 estimate. Similarly, the Pro Farmer...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Egypt is the largest importer of Brazilian maize in the first six months of 2026. Egypt imported about 28.4 percent of maize exports, or about 1.7 million MT. Iran was the third-largest importer at 14.5 percent, or 900,000 MT, fol...
Based on a Depression-era statute, President Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of exports to the U.S., or about 5.2 percent of the $383 billion worth of goods the U.S. imported from Canada in 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Of that total, about $39.3 billion was agricu...
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