China’s 2026 summer grain sowing area was 26.5324 mln ha, down 46,000 ha (-0.2%)
vs 2025, the National Bureau of Statistics said. Wheat sowing area was 23.0068
mln ha, down 66,600 ha (-0.3%). Summer-grain yield averaged 5,681.6 kg/ha
(5.6816 t/ha), up 47.5 kg/ha (+0.8%); wheat yield averaged 6,039.6 kg/ha (6.0396
t/ha), up 51.4 kg/ha (+0.9%). Total summer-grain output was 150.746 mln t, up
1.000 mln t (+0.7%); wheat output was 138.952 mln t, up 0.783 mln t (+0.6%).
