URUGUAY (30 May)
Normal to abundant rains in April have favoured planting of the 2003 wheat and barley crops, which has only started, while harvesting of the 2003 maize and sorghum crops is about to be completed. Average coarse grain outputs are provisionally estimated. Harvesting of the important 2003 paddy crop is also about to be completed. Production is also provisionally estimated at about 1 million tonnes which compares to the past five-year average of 1.1 million tonnes.