According to Egypt's Agricultural Research Center (ARC), approximately 14 percent of the country's wheat production is lost annually. It also said that Egypt will not be able to expand grain-growing areas and can only reach self-sufficiency through improved crop yields.
News Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS After several years of steadily declining tourist arrivals, it seems that Egypt may be seeing an uptick in the last quarter of 2014. Visitors in September were up by close to 200 percent over 2013, and December pre-bookings are said to be very strong. This is a tremendous boost for the tourism sector, but is equally as important to the poultry industry as tourists in the past have always been major consumers of loc...
What You Need to Know Today: The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 3.75 to 4.0 percent Wednesday, with two officials dissenting in favor of a 25-basis-point increase. The Fed upgraded its assessment of economic growth from "solid" to "strong" but adopted a more patient approa...
Key Takeaways: Expected growth in U.S. soybean crushing capacity and output, driven by biofuel demand, will increase domestic soymeal supplies, with production growth significantly outpacing demand. WPI forecasts soymeal production increasing from 65.8 million short tons in 2026/27 to 70.5 mil...
Russian Grain Markets: 19–23 October 2026 The Russian grain market continued its recovery during the week, although prices remained volatile across regions. Wheat was notably bullish, while feed barley and corn were slower to appreciate, primarily because of weaker export demand amid logi...
