Cereal production

RecordSTO-002PYHQ242-FB7VJ4DBXY-6X14MR

2,983 milliontonnes
forecast

Global · 2026

FAO projects cereal production worldwide at 2,983 million tonnes in 2026.

Original source
Publisher
FAO
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Harvest prospects remain robust but El Niño adds uncertainty
Retrieved
26 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Global total cereal output is now pegged at 2 983 million tonnes.

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APA

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). FAO Food Price Index edges down amid diverging commodity price movements. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/fao-food-price-index-edges-down-amid-diverging-commodity-price-movements/en. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_002PYHQ242FB7VJ4DBXY6X14MR

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MLA
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. "FAO Food Price Index edges down amid diverging commodity price movements." 2026, https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/fao-food-price-index-edges-down-amid-diverging-commodity-price-movements/en. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_002PYHQ242FB7VJ4DBXY6X14MR.
Chicago
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. "FAO Food Price Index edges down amid diverging commodity price movements." 2026. https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/fao-food-price-index-edges-down-amid-diverging-commodity-price-movements/en. Accessed September 26, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_002PYHQ242FB7VJ4DBXY6X14MR.
BibTeX
@misc{fao2026cereal6x14mr, author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}}, title = {FAO Food Price Index edges down amid diverging commodity price movements}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_002PYHQ242FB7VJ4DBXY6X14MR}, note = {Original source: https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/fao-food-price-index-edges-down-amid-diverging-commodity-price-movements/en. Accessed September 26, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
FAO Food Price Index edges down amid diverging commodity price movements
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
Harvest prospects remain robust but El Niño adds uncertainty
Retrieved
26 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
pipeline:quote-verified-v2
Checked on
27 September 2026
Last revision
27 September 2026
Permanent URL
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