The European Commission projected lower corn stocks in the EU of 9.95 mln tons in the current season compared with 15.9 mln tons in the previous forecast. Stocks were 12.18 mln tons at the end of 2015 – 2016.
Wheat yield in Canada will be 29.1 mln tons in 2017 - 2018, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada reports. Yield will be 2.6 lower than last year, but still this will be the fourth highest yield in the past 20 years.
1.394 mln tons of wheat were exported from Varna Port between the start of the current season and January 22, 2017 which is a 15.5% increase on the corresponding period of the previous season. Bulgaria’s total wheat export for the period was 3.324 mln tons.
FranceAgriMer decreased its forecast on sunflower production, export and import into France in 2016 – 2017. The new estimate projects sunflower production in France at 1.223 mln tons with 1.225 mln tons in September and 1.186 mln tons in 2015 – 2016.
The Institute of Agricultural Economics in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso reported that 16% of soybean areas in the state were harvested before January 27, 2017.
