Total world coarse grain production in 2025/26 is forecast to be up by 25 million tonnes from earlier estimates, largely due to increased corn production in the United States.
That's according to the latest Feed Outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, released yesterday (Thu).
The USDA is calling for total coarse grain production of 1.572 billion tonnes, which compares with the July forecast of 1.547 billion tonnes and would be up by 4.4 per cent from the year-ago level of 1.506 billion.
Of the total, the world barley crop is forecast at 144.33 million tonnes by the USDA.
That was down slightly from the previous estimate, but still up by a million tonnes on the year.
The USDA left its call on Canadian barley production unchanged at 8.2 million tonnes, which would be up by 100,000 tonnes on the year.
