USDA raises its projection for the 2025/26 global wheat crop to 844.15 million tons.

THE United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) On Thursday (9), the estimate for global wheat production in the 2025/26 crop year was raised to 844.15 million tons, compared to 842.12 million tons previously projected and 799.33 million tons harvested in the 2024/25 cycle. Globally, the estimate for ending stocks for the 2024/25 season increased from 259.77 to 259.09 million tons; in 2025/26, 283.12 million tons are projected (revised from 276.96 million tons in the February report). United StatesFarmers are expected to harvest 54.01 million tons of wheat in the 2025/26 season, the same volume projected in the previous report and above the 53.85 million tons harvested in the 2024/25 season. US stocks are expected to end the new season at 25.52 million tons, above both the previous projection of 25.34 million tons and the 23.26 million tons projected for the 2024/25 cycle. This increase is a result of positive adjustments in the world's major producing countries, such as… Russia – whose production was revised from 89.5 to 90.30 million tons – and the Argentina, which is now expected to harvest 27.8 million tons, compared to the previously expected 27.92 million tons. A European Union It also had its production estimate raised from 144.00 million tons to 145.11 million tons; however, the projection for exports remained stable at 30.5 million tons. Australia The harvest forecast remained at 36.0 million tons; on the other hand, the estimate for the country's exports fell from 27 million tons to 26.5 million tons. The projections for production, exports, and ending stocks of… Canada In the 2025/26 crop year, the figures were maintained at 39.96 million tons, 29.00 million tons, and 5.89 million tons, respectively. For the Brazilthe USDA The agency reduced its production estimate from 8.00 to 7.87 million tons for the 2025/26 crop year. It also lowered its projections for exports (from 2.30 million tons to 2.10 million tons) and imports (from 7.10 million tons to 6.80 million tons), respectively.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.