US corn yield rises as the EU crop shrinks
USDA raised US corn yield to 181.2 bushels per acre and ending stocks by 282 million bushels. Most of the increase in world stocks is in the United States, while the EU crop forecast falls.
USDA raised US corn yield to 181.2 bushels per acre and ending stocks by 282 million bushels. Most of the increase in world stocks is in the United States, while the EU crop forecast falls.
MARS forecasts EU beet yields 17% below last year, on top of reduced planted area. FAO's sugar index rose 6.1% in September, its third consecutive monthly gain.
MARS forecasts EU beet yields 17% below last year, on top of reduced planted area. FAO's sugar index rose 6.1% in September, its third consecutive monthly gain.
USDA revised prior hog counts lower and put the September herd 1.5% below a year earlier. Winter farrowing intentions rose 2.1%, a possible turn that remains unconfirmed.
Europe's corn shortfall is larger than it looked in July. USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service puts EU corn production at 48.2 million tonnes for 2026/27, 4% below its July forecast and 15% below last season — the smallest EU crop of the century so…
USDA's September WASDE, released 11 September, cut the US corn yield forecast to 178.5 bushels per acre from August's 180.7, trimming projected production to 15.8 billion bushels (USDA, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, WASDE-675, 11…
USDA's Crop Progress report for the week ending 30 August rated corn at 57% good-to-excellent, steady week-on-week but 12 percentage points below last year's 69%, with 17% of the crop rated very poor to poor — 8 points above the prior year's 9%…
Malaysia's palm oil inventories rose 3.32% month-on-month to 2.63 million tonnes in July, the highest level since February, according to the Malaysian Palm Oil Board's monthly release (MPOB, 10 August 2026; The Star, 10 August 2026). The build was…
The International Grains Council reduced its 2026/27 forecast for total grains production by 6 million tonnes to 2,415 million in its 20 August Grain Market Report. Wheat was cut by 4 million tonnes to 817 million and corn by 1 million tonnes to…
USDA's August Crop Production report is the moment each year when modelled yields are replaced by field data, and this year it delivered a result pointing in two directions at once. The national corn yield forecast fell to 180.7 bushels per acre…
Covrig, Green Pool, StoneX and Czarnikow have each moved the coming season from surplus toward deficit within eight weeks of one another, turning a single house call in June into a converged market view underpinned by a physical contraction in Brazil's cane crush.
The corn crop rated good to excellent dropped to 63% in the week to 26 July, eleven points below a year earlier, while USDA's 16.0 billion bushel forecast still rests on a weather adjusted trend yield that will not meet survey data until 12 August.