China's summer grains acreage was expected to be at 408 million mu (27.2 million hectares), slightly down from last year, the country's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement on Tuesday. Wheat yield was down after rains during planting and low temperature in early April hit the crops, the ministry said. China's quality wheat acreage in its overall wheat acreage rose 2.5 percent to 30 percent this year.
Corn was in bad growing condition in some parts of the country's northeast due to drought earlier, according to the statement.