According to the forecast of the Federation of Indian Millers in 2024, the wheat harvest in the country will be 105 million tons (-6.25% compared to 2023).
As of 04.04.2024, 35,600 hectares of sunseed have been sown in Ukraine, which is less than 1% of the planned areas, which are expected to reach 5.288 million hectares.
In March, Russia exported 5.7 million tons of grain (-14.6% compared to February), including 4.517 million tons of wheat (-15.7%), 612,000 tons of barley, and 574,000 tons of corn.
IGC predicts that in 2024/25, global sunseed production will be 58.5 million tons, which represents an increase of 0.6 million tons compared to the production in 2022/23.
According to the USDA forecast for 2024, corn areas in the United States will reach 90.04 million acres /94.64 in 2023/, with wheat areas of 47.49 million acres /49.58/, and soybean areas of 86.51 million acres /83.6/.
According to the forecast of the European Commission, the soft wheat production in the EU for 2024/25 will be 120.8 million tons (-4% compared to 2023/24), which is the minimum level in the last 4 years.
SovEcon has raised its forecast for the wheat production in Russia for 2024/25 by 0.4 million tons to 94 million tons, compared to 92.8 million tons in 2023/24.
According to the MARS forecast for 2024/25, the average yield of soft wheat in the EU will reach 5.91 tons per hectare (5.82 in 2023/24), while winter barley yield will be at 5.95 tons per hectare (6.05).
