Entirely because of an uprated maize figure, the 2024/25 total grains (wheat and coarse grains) production forecast is raised by 3m t m/m (month-on-month), to 2,313m. As uptake is boosted a little from before, the outlook for closing stocks (aggregate of respective local marketing years) is raised by 1m t, to 582m, a drawdown of 24m y/y (year-on-year).