investment in the highly mechanised sugarcane plantations is expected to increase during the outlook period leading to marginal yield improvements which nonetheless do not reach previous peaks similarly oilseed yields are not expected to improve substantially in the course of the next ten years in contrast productivity gains in cereals coarse grains wheat and rice increase substantially while cotton yields increase more moderately figure currently brazil is the second largest producer behind the united states but during the outlook period the difference is expected to narrow as soybean production in brazil will continue to expand