Bangladesh: Grain and Feed Update

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For rice marketing year (MY) 2020/21 (May-April), Post’s production forecast is lowered to 34.8 million metric tons (MMT), a 2.93 percent decrease over 2019/20 production, due to Aus and Aman rice production loss because of flooding and heavy downpour during June and July 2020. For wheat MY 2020/21 (July-June), Post has slightly decreased forecasted production and harvest area based on conversations with Bangladesh’s agricultural extension officers and farmers in northern Bangladesh. Forecasted wheat imports are unchanged. In corn MY 2020/21 (May-April), domestic production forecasts are slightly revised up to 4.6 MMT based on official summer harvesting updates from Bangladesh’s Ministry of Agriculture.

Bangladesh: Grain and Feed Update

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