# India forecast to harvest record rice crop | 2019-03-13  | World Grain

> India's agriculture ministry forecasts record 2018-19 rice output of 115.6 million tonnes and wheat of 99.1 million tonnes. Coarse grain production is seen significantly lower, and total grain output will fall 2 million tonnes short of last year's record.

- Date: 2019-03-13 · published 2019-03-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60050-india-forecast-to-harvest-record-rice-crop-2019-03-13-world-grain
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A record Indian rice crop adds to ample world rice supply and is bearish for rice prices. Lower coarse grain output could modestly support sorghum and corn demand from India.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2020-02-18 | [India to harvest record rice, wheat crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54541-india-to-harvest-record-rice-wheat-crops.md) | +0.3% | +2.1% |
| RICE | 2018-06-13 | [India’s food grain production to reach new record \| World-grain.com \| June 13, 2018 14:12 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64486-india-s-food-grain-production-to-reach-new-record-world-grain-com-june-13-2018.md) | +2.4% | -1.0% |
| RICE | 2021-05-25 | [Indian farmers expect to harvest record wheat, rice crops this year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47052-indian-farmers-expect-to-harvest-record-wheat-rice-crops-this-year.md) | +1.0% | +0.0% |
| RICE | 2022-02-20 | [What a record harvest means for India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42690-what-a-record-harvest-means-for-india.md) | +3.1% | +6.9% |
| RICE | 2020-11-06 | [India’s rice production on the rise \| 2020-11-06  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50116-india-s-rice-production-on-the-rise-2020-11-06-world-grain.md) | -4.9% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2018-09-19 | [COCERAL revises E.U. crop forecast downward \| 2018-09-19  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62960-coceral-revises-e-u-crop-forecast-downward-2018-09-19-world-grain.md) | +4.5% | +6.5% |
| CORN | 2018-02-23 | [USDA sees mixed crop forecasts in 2018 \| World-grain.com \| February 23, 2018 15:54 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66354-usda-sees-mixed-crop-forecasts-in-2018-world-grain-com-february-23-2018-15-54.md) | +1.9% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2019-12-03 | [Grain crop review for November 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55433-grain-crop-review-for-november-2019.md) | -3.7% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/11776-india-forecast-to-harvest-record-rice-crop

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