BEIJING: China’s 2022 wheat output rose 0.6% from a year earlier to 137.72 million tonnes, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement on Monday.

Corn output was up 1.7% to 277.2 million tonnes, while soybean output rose 23.7% to 20.3 million tonnes.

Rice output fell 2% to 208.5 million tonnes.

The corn acreage shrank by 0.6% last year, while rice acreage fell 1.6%, the statement said.

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Area planted with soybeans jumped 21.7%, following a government policy to promote more soybean production.