date:May 16, 2013
ected to remain the second largest wheat producer in 2013-14, accounting for about 17% of world output, and was forecast to produce 121 million tonnes, up 400,000 tonnes from 2012-13.
The WASDE projected U.S. wheat production down 9% to 2,057 million bus in 2013, but the Wheat Outlook said higher expected yields in the major foreign wheat-producing countries would more than offset the lower U.S. production, boosting global wheat yield in 2013-14 by 3% and foreign yield by 4%, the U.S.D.A. said.