According to forecast of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia in 2017 – 2018 grain export from the country will reach 37 – 38 mln. tonnes, given 34 – 35 mln. tonnes expected for the current season.
According to preliminary forecast of Oil World, soybean yield in Argentina in 2017 – 2018 will reach 56 mln. tonnes, despite the crop's loss on farmers' interest
On May 31st, 2017, the South Korean company MFG carried out a tender for the purchase of 140 000 tonnes of corn of optional origin for October shipment
During the first five months of 2017, export of wheat, barley and rapeseed from Australia reached 17.2 million tonnes, up by 60% compared to the previous year, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon.
In their latest report, analysts of Strategie Grains lowered their forecast for rapeseed production in the EU in 2017-2018 to 21.35 million tonnes, given 21.39 million tonnes in the previous forecast.
For the period September 2016 - March 2017 337 000 tonnes of sunflower oil have been exported from Hungary by 14.2% more compared to same period of the last year - – 295 000 tonnes.
The first results of the quality check of new crop hard wheat in the US confirmed the concerns about low protein content for a second consecutive year.
