Archive for May, 2021

BEIJING, CHINA — China already has bought more than one-third of its projected total corn imports for the 2021-22 marketing year from the United States, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The USDA figures show that China has bought 9.5 million tonnes of corn from the United States and is expected to import about 26 million tonnes from all international suppliers for the 2021-22 season, which begins in September.

The Asian country’s demand for corn has risen dramatically ...

In his article in the November issue of World Grain, “Wheat flour finds outlet in value-added category,” Jeff Gelski describes value-added wheat flour approaches in the United States, including flour with higher levels of fiber, identifying domestic sources of Neapolitan-style pizza crust flour and improved food safety technology minimizing potential of flour microbial contamination. The purpose of this article is to review basic milling technologies and initiate thoughts on approaches to develop value-added products from grains, pseudo-grains, pulses and seeds.

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AMES, IOWA, US — A grain dust incident occurred on May 14 at Landus Cooperative’s Jefferson, Iowa, US, location causing property damage. No injuries were reported.

According to Landus Cooperative, the incident occurred at 8:00 AM and local fire and emergency services responded to the explosion.

The cause of the incident is yet unknown but during the initial investigation following the explosion smoldering grain in a self-contained bin located next to the grain elevator was discovered. A salvage company specializing in extinguishing ...

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — Kansas City Southern (KCS) on May 13 said its board of directors has determined that Canadian National Railway’s (CN) proposal to acquire the business is a “company superior proposal” to one originally put forth by Canadian Pacific (CP) on March 21. As a result, KCS said it has notified CP that it intends to terminate KCS’s merger agreement with CP and enter into the definitive agreement with CN. KCS said CP still has the right ...

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Russia’s wheat production for marketing year 2021-22 is forecast to decline by 9% as poor weather in recent months has reduced yield prospects, according to a May 13 Global Agricultural Information Network report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The drop in wheat output, to 77.5 million tonnes, is projected to more than offset increases in corn and barley production of 6% and 7%, respectively. The USDA forecasts Russia’s total grain production to decline by 5% to ...

WASHINGTON, DC, US – The US Department of Agriculture on May 12, in its initial wheat supply-and-demand forecasts for 2021-22 as presented in the May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, projected the carryover of wheat on June 1, 2022, at 774 million bushels, down 98 million bushels, or 11%, from an upwardly revised 872 million bushels forecast for 2021 and compared with 1.028 billion bushels in 2000. If the forecast is realized, the 2022 carryover would be the ...

WASHINGTON, DC, US — In the first survey-based projection of the 2021 crop, the US Department of Agriculture in its May Crop Production report forecast winter wheat production in 2021 at 1.282 billion bushels, up 111.903 million bushels, or 10%, from 1.171 billion bushels in 2020.

The USDA winter wheat forecast was based on a harvested area projected at 24.612 million acres, up 7% from 23.024 million acres in 2020, and an average yield forecast at 52.1 bushels per acre, up ...

BEIJING, CHINA — China’s corn production in the 2021-22 marketing year is expected to increase 4.3% due to increased acreage and yields, Reuters reported, citing the agriculture ministry.

China is expected to produce 271.81 million tonnes of corn, up from 260.67 million tonnes a year ago.
Acreage was up 3.4% to 42.67 million hectares with farmers willing to expand the planting area on better benefits.

China’s corn prices have hit record highs on tightened supplies.

Corn yields were seen up 0.8% from the ...