As of 12.10.2017 harvest of sunflower in Ukraine is completed on 5.016 million hectares (84%). 9.737 million tonnes are harvested at average yield of 1.94 mt/ha. Given the results, total sunflower crop in Ukraine will reach 11.4 million tonnes.
As of October 11, 2017 in Russia, harvest is completed on 3.0 million ha under sunflower cultivation(39.1%), 5.3 million tonnes are harvested at average yield of 1.73 mt/ha (1.69).
According to latest data of USDA, As of 01.10.2017 sowing of winter wheat in the US lags behind schedule. Currently 36% of the planned areas are sown at 41% a year earlier at 43% at an average for the last 5 years.
In August 2017 France exported 1.374 million tonnes of soft wheat, which is 19.4% more than July and 52.5% more than August 2016. For Algeria have been exported 535,720 tonnes of wheat (+270%).
According to preliminary data of Rusagrotrans, the record 5.1 million tonnes of grain were exported from Russia in September, incl. 4.2 million tonnes of wheat, 550,000 tonnes of barley and 320,000 tonnes of corn.
According to latest USDA forecast, at the end of 2017 – 2018 corn stocks in China will amount to 79.2 million tonnes. That is 40% of the global stocks, but there is a 28% decline compared to last year.
