According to the Ministry of Agriculture of Ukraine, the wheat production in the country will reach a record 31.2 million tons in 2021 compared to 24.9 million tons in 2020 and an estimate of 28.8 million tons made in August.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada project the wheat production in Canada at 20.2 million tons in 2021/22 (-11.2 million tons compared to the previous estimate and 35.2 million tons in 2020/21), which is the lowest of all latest forecasts.
In 2021/22, soybean areas in South American countries will reach 62.5 million hectares (60.45 in 2020/21), which will allow Mercosur countries to end up with a soybean production of almost 208 million tons, according to an analysis by Céleres.
According to Agritel's latest forecast, the wheat production in France will reach 34.93 million tons in 2021 (29.18 in 2020 and previous estimates for 2021 of over 38).
In their August report, MARS analysts lowered the forecast for the average soft wheat yield in the EU to 5.98 tons/hectare (6.05 in the previous estimate, +4.8% compared to 2020 and +5% compared to the average for the last five years).
Yesterday, CBOT SRW wheat and soybean futures prices rose and Chicago corn futures prices fell. In Paris, wheat and rapeseed futures prices increased and corn futures prices dropped.
According to data, as of August 23, 2021, 99.9 million hectares of cereals were harvested in Russia, 84.7 million tons of grain were harvested at an average yield of 2.83 tons/hectare.
