This week’s U.S. Grains Council’s Chart of the Week shows non-U.S. coarse grain production of corn, sorghum and barley over the past 10 years. In this time, production has grown almost 200 million metric tons or 36 percent, although 2012\/2013 production is projected to be unchanged from last year due to disappointing harvests in other northern hemisphere countries (Europe, Russia and other Black Sea producers).<\/p>\n
Non-U.S. coarse grain imports peaked in 2007\/2008 at 126 million tons and then dropped 10 million tons the next year, spiking up to 124 million tons in 2011\/2012. The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that foreign imports will drop again next year.<\/p>\n
Feed use outside the United States has climbed steadily, up by 26 percent or 107 million tons over the past decade. Likewise non-feed use grew steadily, up 37 percent or 73 million tons over the past 10 years.<\/p>\n
In contrast, during the past decade the United States has experienced flat to declining coarse grain production since the peak in 2007\/2008. Production in 2012 is estimated at 243 million tons down 30 percent from the peak. Feed use has declined steadily since 2004\/2005, down from 163 million tons to 108 million tons in 2012\/2013. At the same time non-feed use, driven by ethanol production, grew 90 million tons, from 64 million tons to 154 million tons.<\/p>\n
While the U.S. share of world coarse grain imports has fallen over the past six years, a return to trend yields in 2013 will mean a bumper crop and opportunity for U.S. coarse grains to resume their leadership role in meeting the growing world demand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This week’s U.S. Grains Council’s Chart of the Week shows non-U.S. coarse grain production of corn, sorghum and barley over the past 10 years. In this time, production has grown almost 200 million metric tons or 36 percent, although 2012\/2013 production is projected to be unchanged from last year due to disappointing harvests in other … <\/p>\n