World grain stockpile to shrink for first time in five years

Although the world will harvest the third-largest grain crop ever in 2017/18 — only 4 percent smaller than the record set last season — the global grain inventory will decline for the first time in five years, forecasts the International Grains Council. “Most of the contraction is for maize and is mainly in the United… » Read More

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