Strategie Grains raised its forecast for the 2022/23 sunseed production in the EU to 10.66 million tons (10.2 in the previous estimate and +2.9% compared to 2021/22).
According to the meteorological service EarthDaily Agro, April turned out to be the driest month for the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso in the last 17 years.
Wheat areas in Canada will increase by 7.2% to 10.1 million hectares in 2022, and rapeseed areas will decrease by 7% to 8.5 million hectares according to the forecast of the Statistical Office of Canada.
Algeria has announced a tender for the purchase of at least 50,000 tons of durum wheat with delivery within 16.05 - 30.06.2022. Algeria's wheat stocks are enough to meet domestic demand for 8 months.
According to the forecast of SovEcon, the wheat production in Russia will reach 87.4 million tons in 2022 (86.5 in the previous estimate), which will be a new record for the country.
According to the forecast of Refinitiv, the corn production in the EU is expected to reach 68.9 million tons in 2022/23 (68.9 in the previous estimate and -6.6 compared to 2021/22).
According to USDA data, as of April 17, 2022, 8% of the areas planned for spring wheat have been sown in the United States (18% a year earlier and 9% on average for the last five years).
