# Crop Prospects and Food Situation No. 3 | September 2018 |KORE - Knowledge Sharing Platform on Resilience| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

> The FAO reports 39 countries need external food assistance, with conflict and weather shocks cited as drivers of food insecurity. Southern African cereal output was curbed by unfavourable weather, Near East and CIS Asia cereal harvests are expected below average due to rainfall deficits, and South American maize output is lower than last year's record.

- Date: 2018-09-24 · published 2018-09-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62948-crop-prospects-and-food-situation-no-3-september-2018-kore-knowledge-sharing
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Lower maize output in South America and below-average cereal harvests in the Near East and CIS Asia tighten global feed grain supplies, supporting corn and wheat prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

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| CORN | 2018-03-09 | [Chicago agricultural commodities settle mixed
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| CORN | 2026-10-29 | [NASS Correction Shrinks the Reported September-to-October Corn Jump by About 12% as Growers Press USDA for Process Fixes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/1981-nass-correction-shrinks-the-reported-september-to-october-corn-jump-by-about-12.md) | -1.5% | — |
| WHEAT | 2026-10-13 | [Prices of sorghum and millet continued to seasonally increase in most monitored markets in September 2026, while prices of wheat flour also rose after having followed mixed trends in the previous month. Cereal prices are at exceptionally high levels, exac \| Food Price Monitoring and Analysis (FPMA) \| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations](https://feedsoft.ai/events/472-prices-of-sorghum-and-millet-continued-to-seasonally-increase-in-most-monitored.md) | -0.4% | — |
| WHEAT | 2019-11-20 | [Wheat prices rose on the results of the tender and data on crops in the United States](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11888-wheat-prices-rose-on-the-results-of-the-tender-and-data-on-crops-in-the-united.md) | +0.9% | -0.7% |
| WHEAT | 2019-11-13 | [Varied Conditions and Modest Prospects for Australia's Winter Crops
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## Sources

- fao.org: https://www.fao.org/in-action/kore/publications/publications-details/fr/c/1154083/

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