MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

Wheat and barley production forecasted to increase; rains in US threaten maize crop

FAO's latest forecast for world cereal production in 2019 - available in the Cereal Supply and Demand Brief- points to an increase of 1.2 percent from the previous year to reach 2 685 million tons, a sharp downward revision from the forecast made in May when global cereal production was predicted to expand by 2.7 percent. Read full article