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Argentine sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2021-2022 is forecast down at 1.55 million tons, raw value, due to early season dryness which is expected to negatively impact yields.

In MY 2021/22, Venezuelan sugar production is projected upwards to 190,000 MT.

FAS/Ottawa forecasts more hectares of barley and durum wheat, and fewer hectares of corn, oats, and spring wheat planted in 2021.

In marketing year (MY) 2021/22, corn and rice production is forecast to increase due to greater area planted and slightly improved yields.

Sugar cane production in marketing year (MY) 2021 is forecast at 11.34 million metric tons (MMT), increasing two percent from the MY 2021 estimate.

In November 2020, hurricanes Eta and Iota flooded the Sula Valley. Approximately 2500 HA of planted sugarcane were lost and one sugar mill was disabled.

Costa Rica’s sugar cane production is expected to decline about 1 percent in MY 2020/2021 to 4,057,000 MT.

Posts projects marketing year production for wheat, barley, corn, sorghum, and rice.

Brazil’s Marketing Year (MY) 2021/22 sugarcane crop is estimated at 635 million metric tons (mmt), a decrease of three percent compared to the final estimate for MY 2020/21 (657 mmt).

In marketing year (MY) 2021/22, Colombian raw sugar production is forecast to recover to 2.4 million metric tons (MT), after an expected decline in MY 2020/21 due to excessive rains from La Niña weather phenomena.

Post projects an increase of 100,000 hectares in soybean planted area and production of 51.5 million tons for marketing year 2021/2022.

In marketing year 2021/2022, Guatemala is forecast to produce 2.70 million metric tons of sugar from sugarcane from a harvested area of 251,000 hectares...