Сorn harvest in Ukraine expected 2 mln t above previous estimate – USDA

Corn production in Ukraine in the 2021/22 season is projected another 2 mln t higher, at 42 mln t, the USDA December report data shows. Corn exports from the country are also put 1 mln t higher, at 33.5 mln t.

Corn ending stocks projection for Ukraine remains unchanged, at 1.45 mln t.

The world corn production in 2021/22 is expected 1.77 mln t lower at 1,206.96 mln t (December proj.: 1,208.73 mln t). The global corn exports are projected at 204.2 mln t, 0.69 mln t down on the December report. Corn ending stocks are seen at 303.07 mln t, 2.47 mln t down mth/mth (December report: 305.54 mln t).

The US corn output proj. in 2021/22 is improved by the USDA to 383.94 mln t, 1.35 mln t above the December report data. Corn exports from the US are cut by 1.9 mln t, the country is expected to supply 61.6 mln t of grain to foreign markets. The US corn ending stocks should increase by 1.17 mln t to 39.11.

USDA left 21/22 #China #corn imports unch @ 26 mmt, soy imports unch @ 100 mmt, wheat unch @ 9.5 mmt. Argy #wheat crop +0.5 mmt. Paraguay’s #soybeans down 1.5 mmt to 8.5 mmt due to drought.

— Karen Braun (@kannbwx) January 12, 2022

January’s 2021/22 world corn outlook is for shorter production in the key exporting countries, 243 mln t in the January report vs. 244.5 mln t in December.

The projection for the major corn exporters in 2021/22 (January vs. December report indicators, mln t):

China’s corn 2021/22 projection in the January USDA report:

• production: 272.55 mln t
• import: 26 mln t
• ending stocks: 210.24 mln t
• exports: 0.02 mln t

Corn production in Ukraine totalled 40 mln t in the 2021/22 season. The average yield of the crop stood at 7.47 t/ha. Although, producers from different regions of the country report that at least 2% of new crop corn has not been collected.

Since the start of 2021/22, corn export from Ukraine has come to 11.7 mln t, 15% up YoY.

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