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At just over 299 MMT, the total MY2020/21 EU grain crop is nearly 450,000 MT higher than the previous forecast, with a near 2 MMT lowering of corn production more than offset by higher mixed grain...

Turkey’s marketing year (MY) 2020/21 corn planting area is expected to be about 620,000 hectares (ha) and production will total 7 million metric tons (MMT).

Hot and dry weather in May and heavy rains in June caused slight yield and quality losses in wheat and barley in some regions.

The spring planting in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is ongoing and the weather and soil conditions are reportedly good.

The EU’s grain harvest in MY2020/21 is forecast to decline over 11MMT to 304 MMT, in large part due to extremely challenging planting conditions in the UK and France.

In marketing year (MY) 2019/20, Bulgaria’s total grain harvest was 8.5 percent above MY 2018/19, including almost 4.0 million metric tons (MMT) of corn, a production record.

On April 9, the Government of Romania (GOR) suspended most exports of grains, oilseeds, and related products as of April 10, 2020, to non-European Union (EU) markets.

FAS/Moscow forecasts that wheat production will reach 73.5 MMT in MY2019/2020, a decrease from the previous forecast of 74 MMT based on industry and official data.

Turkey’s wheat imports during the first six months of marketing year (MY) 2019/20 (from June to November 2019) were almost double last year’s imports during the same period.