Page 11 of articles about cereal

The yield forecast for cereals (wheat, barley, maize, other cereals) is 5.2 tonnes per hectare across the EU, clearly above last year (by more than 5%) and above the five-year average.

World meat production is forecast at 308.2 million tonnes in 2013, a modest increase of 4.3 million tonnes, or 1.4 percent on 2012.

The demand for protein sources of European origin is increasing, but none of the current available European protein sources has a price – quality ratio that is competitive with soybean meal from South America.

The EC has asked EU member states to check imports of wheat from the United States which may be tainted with a genetically modified strain.

Global 2013/14 wheat supplies are projected 3 percent higher than in 2012/13 and coarse grain supplies for 2013/14 are projected at a record 1,407.6 million tons.

The USGC, along with NCGA, MAIZAR, and ABRAMILHO signed a memorandum of understanding.

Assuming more normal weather conditions than in 2012, global wheat production in 2013 is expected to reach 695 million tonnes, 5.4 percent up from last year's harvest.

Corn growers intend to plant 97.3 million acres . If realized, this will represent the highest planted acreage in the United States since 1936.

First forecasts for the 2013 wheat harvest point to production increasing to 690 million tonnes - 4.3 percent up on 2012.

The total production of cereals in the EU-27 is estimated as 287.6 million tons, with an increase by 5.6% with respect to the 2012 harvest.

China increased its grain imports this year, but thanks to consecutive years of bumper crops the country will continue to be able to largely feed itself, a senior agricultural official said.

Corn for grain production is estimated 13 percent below 2011.

The initial quota that the Government had set at 6 million tons last June will be reduced by 1.5 million tons, staying as 4.5 million tons.