In 2023, authorities in Indonesia approved the replanting of 53,000 hectares with oil palm plantations owned by small farmers supported by a subsidy program.
From the beginning of the season until January 7, 2024, the EU has exported 16.5 million tons of soft wheat (compared to 17.7 million tons the previous year).
According to data from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, the abundant rainfall in southeastern parts of Australia in December has improved the prospects for the upcoming sorghum and cotton productions.
In January, soybean exports from Brazil are expected to reach 1.3 million tons (940,000 tons the previous year) according to Anec's forecast. There are possibilities that exports could increase to 2.7 million tons.
According to data from Oil World, in the fourth quarter of 2023, rapeseed processing in the EU reached 6.38 million tons (6.41 million tons the previous year).
Refinitiv Commodities Research has increased its forecast for corn production in Argentina for the 2023/24 season by 2% to 55.4 million tons, covering an area of 8.2 million hectares.
Refinitiv Commodities Research is reducing its forecast for the 2023/24 corn production in Brazil by 1% to 118 million tons, which is 14 million tons less than in 2022/23.
