date:May 26, 2014
million tonnes, 14 percent higher than last years reduced level but still below the five-year average.
Wheat production for 2013, harvested last January, was estimated at 9.2 million tonnes or 12 percent higher than the poor crop of 2012. However, this level of production is still well below the average of the past five years as frosts and reduced rainfall significantly reduced yields early in the season. Following record low stocks and in order to guarantee supplies to the local market, the Go