USDA ESTIMATES SOVIET WHEAT, COARSE GRAINS
  The U.S. Agriculture Department
  forecast the Soviet 1986/87 wheat crop at 92.30 mln tonnes, vs
  92.30 mln tonnes last month. It put the 1985/86 crop at 78.10
  mln tonnes, vs 78.10 mln tonnes last month.
      Soviet 1986/87 coarse grain production is estimated at
  103.30 mln tonnes, vs 103.30 mln tonnes last month. Production
  in 1985/86 is projected at 99.99 mln tonnes, vs 100.00 mln
  tonnes last month.
      USSR wheat imports are forecast at 15.00 mln tonnes in
  1986/87, vs 15.00 mln tonnes last month. Imports in 1985/86 are
  put at 15.70 mln tonnes, vs 15.70 mln tonnes last month. USDA
  estimated Soviet 1986/87 coarse grain imports at 12.00 mln
  tonnes, vs 10.00 mln tonnes last month, and 1985/86 imports at
  13.70 mln tonnes, vs 13.70 mln tonnes last month.
      USDA said Soviet coarse grain imports include 1986/87 corn
  imports, which it forecast at 8.00 mln tonnes, vs 6.00 mln
  tonnes last month. Corn imports in 1985/86 are estimated at
  10.40 mln tonnes, vs 10.40 mln last month.
      Total Soviet grain imports in 1986/87, at 28.0 mln tonnes,
  include one mln tonnes of miscellaneous grains.