In its latest acreage report, the USDA estimates soybean and wheat plantings will drop this year, while corn acreage will increase. The agency projects 2025 corn acreage at 95.2m acres, higher than the 90.6m acres planted in 2024, but slightly lower than the previous estimate of 95.3m. In contrast, the USDA projects 2025 soybean plantings to reach 83.4m acres, lower than the 87.1m acres planted in 2024 and March’s estimate of 83.5m acres. Wheat planting estimates were trimmed to 45.5m acres, lower than the 46.1m acres planted in 2024, but slightly above the previous estimate of 45.4m acres.
In its quarterly stocks report, the USDA also reported that corn inventories stood at 4,644m bushels as of 1 June, down 7% year-on-year. This is largely in line with market expectations of 4,625m bushels. For soybeans, the agency reported inventories of 1,008m bushels, up 4% year on year and higher than the 974m bushels the market expected. Similarly, wheat inventories were reported at 851m bushels, up 22% YoY and above market expectations of around 836m bushels.
The latest fortnightly report from UNICA shows that sugar cane crushing in Central-South Brazil stood at 38.8mt over the first half of June, down 21.5% from a year ago. This leaves the cumulative sugar cane crush for the season at 163.6mt, down 14.3% YoY. Meanwhile, sugar production fell 22% YoY to 2.5mt over the first half of June. Around 51.5% cane was allocated to sugar production over the fortnight, higher than the 49.7% allocated in the same period last year. Cumulative sugar production so far this season stands at 9.4mt, down 14.6% YoY.