Sharp decrease due to wet planting and dry growing periods, ministry says.

It was too late for rapeseed, which is expected to fall below the five-year average.

COCERAL estimates a nearly 20-million-tonne drop in wheat production year on year.

Bad weather has taken toll on production in several European countries.

Farmers have planted less wheat than previously thought.

Farmers favored spring-planted crops due to weather concerns.

Estimated production would be second smallest since 2004.

Wheat production projected lower due to dryness in key countries.

Crop is estimated at 22.73 million tonnes, down by 1.4%.

Hog herds are expected to start increasing in 2020-21 as African swine fever subsides.