# Scientists Release Crop Production Outlook under Shadow of Locusts----Chinese Academy of Sciences

> The Chinese Academy of Sciences' CropWatch bulletin covers world crop conditions from October 2019 to January 2020 and its 2020 outlook for maize, rice, wheat and soybeans. It flags extreme rainfall and floods in Africa and a desert locust outbreak spreading from Arabia into western Asia and East Africa.

- Date: 2020-03-06 · published 2020-03-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54061-scientists-release-crop-production-outlook-under-shadow-of-locusts-chinese
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Locust damage and flood losses in key regions could cut local grain output and raise import demand, providing modest upside for cereal prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- RICE: neutral
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2026-06-02 | [Agriculture production set to ease amid drier outlook - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18769-agriculture-production-set-to-ease-amid-drier-outlook-daff.md) | -0.6% | +1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2023-01-12 | [USDA Releases January Crop Production, WASDE, Grain Stocks, Winter Wheat Seedings Reports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13308-usda-releases-january-crop-production-wasde-grain-stocks-winter-wheat-seedings.md) | -0.6% | +2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2023-09-05 | [Australia's ABARES releases September Production Estimates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34066-australia-s-abares-releases-september-production-estimates.md) | +2.1% | -4.1% |
| WHEAT | 2023-08-29 | [Canada Know-Risk Market Outlook \| Stats Canada Lowers Wheat, Canola, Barley & Oats Production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34644-canada-know-risk-market-outlook-stats-canada-lowers-wheat-canola-barley-and.md) | -0.5% | +0.9% |
| WHEAT | 2024-01-25 | [Australia’s grain production and export outlook \| UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32090-australia-s-grain-production-and-export-outlook-ukragroconsult.md) | -0.4% | -5.2% |
| CORN | 2020-06-11 | [USDA Releases June Crop Production, WASDE Reports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52459-usda-releases-june-crop-production-wasde-reports.md) | +1.0% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2022-05-06 | [Chinese government released new data on local swine production and herd 06.05.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41392-chinese-government-released-new-data-on-local-swine-production-and-herd-06-05.md) | +6.7% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2018-02-28 | [Poultry outlook sees increased production, exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66641-poultry-outlook-sees-increased-production-exports.md) | +1.6% | +2.1% |

## Sources

- english.cas.cn: http://english.cas.cn/newsroom/research_news/earth/202003/t20200306_230712.shtml

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