Following are selected highlights from a report issued by a U.S. Department of Agriculture attache in Romania:
"Romanian wheat and barley crops are in good shape, production is expected to increase this year by 22 percent and 19 percent, respectively. Rainfall in recent months which has helped replenish soil moisture reserves severely depleted during the previous crop has also led to delay in sowing of the 2013 corn crop.
"Climatic conditions (winter kill and summer drought) which had significant impact on production of all crops last year have not repeated to date giving optimism for return to more typical supplies for domestic and export markets."
Wheat exports during the first six months of 2012/13 marketing year were up 13 percent from a year ago, reaching 1.6 million tonnes.