date:Aug 14, 2013
o a record 705.4 million tonnes. Production is raised 2.8 million tonnes for the European Union with the biggest increases for Spain, France and Germany, and smaller increases for Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. Production is raised 2.5 million tonnes for Kazakhstan where abundant spring and summer rainfall is supporting prospects for strong yields, much as in the adjoining spring wheat areas of Russia, the U.S.D.A. said.
World corn ending stocks in 2013-14 were projected at 150.17 million tonne