The updated forecast says that grain production in the world will grow by 0.6%, or 15 million tons, to 2.59 billion tonnes. Including wheat production is expected to reach 758,1 million tons of coarse grain of 1.33 billion tonnes, rice – 496,2 million tons.

The upward adjustment is associated with high expectations on the part of the harvest of grain crops in Russia and Australia, and increasing forecasts for corn harvest in the world, particularly in China.

Earlier, analysts FAO published a forecast that the world grain production dostiget mark 2.57 billion tons.

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