The soybean harvest in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul advanced 10 percentage points in the week to Thursday May 2, to 76% of the sown area, despite strong rains, according to state agency Emater/RS.

Russian spring grain and oilseeds planting progressed by almost 10 percentage points during the week ending Thursday May 2, according to data from the agriculture ministry.

Sales of Argentine new crop soybean and corn rose while sales for the old crop dropped in the week to April 24; meanwhile, wheat increased in both market years, according to data released by the country’s agriculture secretariat on Thursday May 2.

Argentina's growers have completed sunflower planting, while current corn and soybean harvest indications are prompting concerns, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange (BAGE) said in its weekly crop report update on Thursday May 2.

In the US, rain in the western Corn Belt was slowing fieldwork, but has improved drought conditions for crops.

The US Department of Agriculture's attaché in Argentina kept its 2023/24 soybean output estimate unchanged at 49.5 million tonnes while projecting a 51 million tonnes production in 2024/25.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has raised its wheat and corn production estimates for the 2023/24 marketing year in the May agricultural market information system (AMIS) report.

According to Ukraine’s Ministry of Agriculture, sowing of spring grains in the country during the week ending Thursday May 2 showed a significant week-on-week increase of 15.3 percentage points.

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