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Harvest projections for the world's main corn and soybean producers - 2026/27 season versus 2025/26 season - last updated: May 9, 2026. Prepared by 333 Latin America with data from FAS - USDA.

Corn and soybeans: First USDA projections for the 2026/2027 season – May 2026

26-May-2026

In this first estimate for the 2026/27 season, corn is facing a production adjustment following the record figures of the previous season, with declines in the U.S. and Argentina that gains in Brazil and China are unable to fully offset. Soybeans, by contrast, begin the new season with a more encouraging outlook: simultaneous growth in Brazil, the U.S., and Argentina would push global production to a new all-time high.

Trends in Latin American swine production: 2025 overview and 2026 outlook

Trends in Latin American swine production: 2025 overview and 2026 outlook

In 2025, the Latin American swine industry established structural expansion, reaching historic milestones in production, exports, and domestic consumption. However, in 2026, the sector faces a highly complex scenario, where projected growth will have to contend with the volatility of an unstable geopolitical environment and mounting sanitary pressures that are testing regional efficiency and profitability.

Graph 1: Projections for the key variables of the global pork industry for 2025 - April 9, 2026, year-on-year variations. Done by the Department of Economics and Sustainability of 333 Latin America with data from FAS - USDA

Global pork industry: first update of USDA estimates for 2026

20-Apr-2026

In its most recent report, "Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade", USDA projects slight growth in global pork production in 2026, driven by developments in the United States, Brazil, China, and Canada, while African swine fever in Spain would continue to put downward pressure on production and exports in the European Union