Corn production in China continues to grow

Feed Survey, FAS lowered its corn import forecast for 2025-26 to 7 million tonnes, down 1 million tonnes from its previous estimate. For 2024/25, the forecast was revised down to 2 million tonnes, down from 23.4 million tonnes in 2023-24. “The Chinese government continues to stimulate local production by increasing yields on stable areas and restricting grain imports to protect the interests of local farmers,” FAS notes. The forecast for corn consumption in MY 2025/26 remains at 321 million tons, which is 1% higher than in 2024-25. The growth in consumption is due to the return of traditional corn norms to feed rations, low prices that stimulate industrial processing, and government policies that limit the import of corn substitutes. In China, corn is mainly used for feed (67%) and industrial processing (26%). Consumption for feed purposes in 2025-26 is forecast to grow by about 1%. In 2024, feed production in China amounted to 313 million tons, in 2025 – 322 million tons are ...