Insights and Stories on Grain Markets

Sep. 3, 2024 at 2:45 pm CDT

Australian wheat and barley production in 2024/25 is expected to be larger than earlier estimates and well above what was grown the previous crop year, according to updated estimates from the Australia’s agriculture department (ABARES). Wheat production was forecast at 31.8 million tonnes in the September ABARES report, which would […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sep. 3, 2024 at 2:28 pm CDT

Australia will see its largest chickpea crop in nearly a decade, according to winter crop production estimates released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) on Sept. 3. The agency forecasted 1.333 million tonnes of chickpea production over a seeded area of 1.900 million acres for the […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Aug. 12, 2024 at 1:37 pm CDT

While the United States Department of Agriculture raised its yield projections for 2024/25 in its latest supply and demand report on Aug. 12, production varied from the July estimates due to changes in the amount of planted acres. The August edition of the USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Aug. 12, 2024 at 11:43 am CDT

Reuters – The U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its estimates for corn and soybean production from a month earlier on Monday, adding to expectations of hefty global supplies of both crops. The agency raised its estimate for the 2024/25 soybean crop to a record 4.589 billion bushels, above 4.435 billion bushels seen last month and exceeding 4.469 billion bushels expected […]

By Heather Schlitz

Aug. 12, 2024 at 9:38 am CDT

Kyiv/London | Reuters – Ukraine is scrambling to ship as much grain as it can this summer, taking advantage of military gains it has made in the Black Sea area to boost exports even as Russia has attacked its ports. Ukraine is a major global wheat and corn grower and […]

By Jonathan Saul, Pavel Polityuk, Tom Balmforth