# Grain market review: Coarse grains  | World Grain

> The USDA Economic Research Service forecast record 2021-22 global coarse grains output of 1.495 billion tonnes, with the largest increases in Brazil and China. Higher prices are encouraging farmers to plant more maize, sorghum and less barley.

- Date: 2021-06-11 · published 2021-06-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46609-grain-market-review-coarse-grains-world-grain
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Expanding global coarse grain supply could ease tightness over time, though strong Chinese demand currently supports prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: neutral
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-06-27 | [Grain Market Review: Coarse grains \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24249-grain-market-review-coarse-grains-world-grain.md) | +5.1% | -1.7% |
| CORN | 2026-10-21 | [Grain market review: Coarse grains \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/471-grain-market-review-coarse-grains-world-grain.md) | -1.9% | — |
| CORN | 2022-02-08 | [Country Focus: China plays critical role in grains market \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42702-country-focus-china-plays-critical-role-in-grains-market-world-grain.md) | +1.9% | +14.4% |
| CORN | 2021-05-19 | [Coceral revises EU grain crop upward  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47028-coceral-revises-eu-grain-crop-upward-world-grain.md) | -5.0% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2017-11-22 | [Grain Marketing Commentary](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10821-grain-marketing-commentary.md) | -0.9% | +5.3% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/15415-grain-market-review-coarse-grains

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