The European Commission has modified the forecasts regarding the cereal production of the European Union member countries this year, and Romania is the state that has a major influence on these forecasts. The estimate for EU wheat production was revised up by around 3 million tonnes, from 143 million tonnes of light wheat in September to almost 146 million tonnes in early October. As for corn, a decrease of 2,3 million tons is expected.
The estimate for Romania's light wheat production rises by around 1,5 million tonnes to 10 million tonnes this year, contributing almost half to the increase in the forecast for total EU wheat production. For this year's maize crop, estimates have dropped to 14,89 million tonnes from 16,76 million tonnes, a downward revision of about 1,87 million tonnes.
According to forecasts from September 2019, the Department of Agriculture of the United States of America (USDA) anticipates for Romania a wheat production of approximately 8,6 million tons this year, and 14,3 million tons of corn, Coceral, trade association European, has more reserved expectations: 8,1 million tons of wheat and 11,5 million tons of corn, according to the report published in September.
