Andrey Sizov
12.08.2020
Wheat:
Russia’s crop 78 mmt (+1.5 mmt), exports at 37.5 mmt (+1.5 mmt) (ex.Crimea)
Ukraine’s crop 27 mmt (+0.5 mmt), exports at 18 mmt (+0.5 mmt) (inc.Crimea)
Corn:
Russia 15.3 mmt (0 mmt), exports at 4.4 mmt (0 mmt) (ex.Crimea)
Ukraine 39.5 mmt (+0.5 mmt), exports at 33.5 mmt (+0.5 mmt) (inc.Crimea)
The biggest surprise is a small revision of the Russian wheat crop, only +1.5 MMT (we expected +3 MMT or more). The higher area is reflected in their forecast now, spring wheat yield is down 0.04 to 1.65 mt/ha (looks more or less reasonable) but winter yield is marginally down too, by 0.01 to 3.58 mt/ha (this is very strange taking into account high/record-high yields in the Center and the Volga).
Our August wheat crop forecast for Russia it 80.9 MMT, inc. Crimea which harvested around 0.7 MMT, corn – 13.6 MMT.
Our July estimates for Ukraine: 26.4 MMT wheat and 38.3 MMT corn (ex. Crimea).
Neutral/slightly bearish wheat in our view.
