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Corn and soybeans: projections for the 2024/2025 USDA – December

Compared to November's report, U.S. corn exports are forecasted higher, lowering grain stocks, while global soy output rises, led by Argentina's growth.

Chart 1. Harvest projection for the main global corn and soybean producers - 2024/25 campaign versus 2023/24 cycle - last update: December 10, 2024. Prepared by the Department of Economics and Market Intelligence with data from FAS - USDA.
Chart 1. Harvest projection for the main global corn and soybean producers - 2024/25 campaign versus 2023/24 cycle - last update: December 10, 2024. Prepared by the Department of Economics and Market Intelligence with data from FAS - USDA.
18 December 2024
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Corn

Production

  • World corn production for the 2024/25 campaign would be around 1,217.9 million tons (Mt), which refers to a decrease of 1.0% compared to the 2023/24 cycle, whose latest estimate consolidates 1,229.6 Mt.
  • For the United States, production would reach 384.6 Mt, falling 1.3% compared to the previous campaign (389.7 Mt), while China would increase its harvest by 1.1%, reaching 292.0 Mt. For its part, the European Union would decrease by 6.3% with 58.0 Mt, while Ukraine, with 26.5 Mt, would register a decrease of 18.5% compared to the 32.5 Mt consolidated in the previous cycle.
  • For Brazil, production would reach 127 Mt, increasing 4.1% compared to the 2023/24 campaign (122 Mt), while for Argentina the harvest would be around 51 Mt, increasing 2.0% compared to the previous cycle.

Exports

  • World corn exports would remain at 193.0 Mt in this new campaign.
  • The United States would lead the export activity with 62.9 Mt and would grow 8.0% compared to the previous campaign, followed by Brazil, Argentina and Ukraine with 48, 36 and 23 Mt in that order.

Imports

  • China would reduce its demand for imported corn by 40.2% reaching 14 Mt for this new campaign, while the European Union would import 19.5 Mt, which would represent a decrease of 1.5% compared to the 2023/24 cycle (19.8 Mt).

Stocks

  • Global ending stocks are expected to fall by 6.3% to 296.4 Mt. In the United States, stocks are expected to fall by 1.3%, while in Brazil and Ukraine they are expected to fall by 63.8% and 59.3%, respectively.

Soybeans

Production

  • Global soybean production for the 2024/25 cycle is expected to increase by 8.2% compared to the previous campaign, from 394.9 to 427.1 Mt respectively.
  • Estimates for South American crops indicate an increase of 10.5% for Brazil, which would reach 169 Mt, while for Argentina a growth of 7.9% is estimated, reaching 52.0 Mt.
  • Paraguay is expected to increase its production by 1.8% compared to the 2023/24 campaign (11.0 Mt), consolidating a harvest of 11.2 Mt.
  • For the United States, a harvest of 121.4 Mt is estimated, which would mean an increase of 7.2% compared to the previous cycle (113.3 Mt).

Exports

  • Export activity would be led by Brazil with 105.5 Mt, a figure that would be 1.3% higher than that recorded in the 2023/24 cycle, while the United States would reach an export volume of 49.7 Mt, indicating a growth of 7.7% compared to the previous campaign (46.1 Mt).
  • For Argentina, exports are projected for 4.5 Mt, a figure that represents a decrease of 12.0% compared to the previous cycle (5.1 Mt).

Imports

  • China would import 109 Mt, a volume that would be 2.7% below the total of the previous campaign (112.0 Mt).

Stocks

  • Final stocks of the oilseed would increase by 17.6% worldwide, reaching 131.9 Mt, which would be supported by increases in stocks in the United States, Brazil and Argentina.

Editorial 333 Latin America with data from the |USDA | United States https://apps.fas.usda.gov/

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