The Kenyan government has announced that it is raising the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) purchase price for maize by about 22 percent. However, the increase, which was enacted to facilitate the government’s procurement of supplies for its reserve stocks, will only be paid under certain terms. Regional Updates MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN COMMENTSEgypt’s supply ministry reported that current wheat stocks and orders should be sufficient until March 2017 and noted that it has a $1.8 billion loan to support the building of government reserves of staple food commodity items.Egypt has also announced that it will cease using any open-air grain storage with the next wheat harvest and will not accept any grain stored in that manner. In ad...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
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