China's wheat harvest should produce very much feed wheat this year, also now is below-average yields are expected at the world's largest wheat producers and consumers.
Exceptionally many rains had flooded the fields Anhui and Hubei during the months of April and may in the provinces of Jiangsu, shortly before harvest, so the agricultural consulting firm JC intelligence. Heavy rainfall in the province of Henan, the largest wheat growing area in China, destroyed the already harvested grain.
Both yields and the quality of this year were the worst for years, says the agricultural analyst Ma Wenfeng from Beijing. Too much rain and high temperatures in March and April, caused a general disease pressure in Jiangsu and Anhui in cereals; Soft wheat is produced there.
China's winter wheat crop, which accounts for about 90% of the total grain harvest, is deposited in June and July. About 10 million tonnes could be devalued to feed grain and yields drop to a five-year low. So come together only 107 million tons. Last year, China earned 130 million tons of wheat.
A pronounced strong El Nino, which ended last month, in the spring more rain than usual did. Also moved 16 depressions across the country. Last month, it was called from the Ministry of agriculture that China will expect a big harvest. At the time, but no quantities were made.
