The USDA is raising its forecast for Ukraine’s 2018 corn harvest by 1 million tons, to 31 million tons

The USDA is raising its forecast for Ukraine’s 2018 corn harvest by 1 million tons, to 31 million tons. The USDA also raised its forecast for Ukraine’s corn exports to 24.5 million tons – a level that could make Ukraine the world’s fourth largest corn exporter, after the US, Brazil and Argentina. The USDA forecasts that Ukraine will harvest 25.5 million tons of wheat, exporting 16.5 million tons.