8.056 mln. tonnes of grain have been exported from Argentina for the first quarter of 2017, which is by 18% less compared to the same period of the previous year.
The Union of German cooperatives (DRV) lowered its forecast for grain yields in Germany for the current season from 46.7 mln. tonnes down to 45.4 mln. tonnes.
Analysts of USDA prognosticate, that in 2017 – 2018 global ending stocks of barley will decrease only to 17.5 mln. tonnes, by 29% less than the current season as this would be a 30 years low