date:May 14, 2013
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Assuming more normal weather conditions than in 2012, global wheat production in 2013 is expected to reach 695 million tonnes, 5.4 per cent up from last year's harvest and just some six million tonnes short of the 2011 record level.
And in 2013, coarse grains production is expected to set a new record at 1,266 million tonnes - 9.3 per cent up on the previous high of 1,167 million tonnes registered in 2011.
Of this total, maize is forecast to account for about 960 million tonnes, some 10