Cereal production

RecordSTO-NFTBJ3GD5J-XJS1G1R11D-J8SGMV

2,980 milliontonnes
forecast

Global · 2026

FAO projects cereal production worldwide at 2,980 million tonnes in 2026.

Original source
Publisher
FAO
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Global cereal production forecast lowered; uncertainty persists over Black Sea export flows
Retrieved
26 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

FAO's latest forecast for global cereal production in 2026 has been scaled back by 3.4 million tonnes since July, now standing at 2 980 million tonnes.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Cereal Supply and Demand Brief, Global cereal production forecast lowered; uncertainty persists over Black Sea export flows

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APA

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). FAO Cereal Supply and Demand Brief. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/csdb/en/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_NFTBJ3GD5JXJS1G1R11DJ8SGMV

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MLA
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. "FAO Cereal Supply and Demand Brief." 2026, https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/csdb/en/. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_NFTBJ3GD5JXJS1G1R11DJ8SGMV.
Chicago
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. "FAO Cereal Supply and Demand Brief." 2026. https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/csdb/en/. Accessed September 26, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_NFTBJ3GD5JXJS1G1R11DJ8SGMV.
BibTeX
@misc{fao2026cerealj8sgmv, author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}}, title = {FAO Cereal Supply and Demand Brief}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_NFTBJ3GD5JXJS1G1R11DJ8SGMV}, note = {Original source: https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/csdb/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 Cereal Supply and Demand Brief
Type
Press release
Published
—
Locator
Global cereal production forecast lowered; uncertainty persists over Black Sea export flows
Retrieved
26 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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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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