Turkey is reported to be the destination for about 95 percent of all Ukrainian wheat bran exports in the first 11 months of MY 2016/17. Meanwhile, there are two factors driving its corn imports higher in 2017/18. Regional Updates MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN COMMENTS Egypt’s Ministry of Supply has said that the shortfall in domestic poultry production is about 100,000 MT per year, which the government will offset with imports. Such a situation is perplexing when some in local poultry complain that they are working at levels well below full capacity.The same ministry has also stated that the government purchased 3.75 MMT of local wheat with about 3.4 MMT of that for GASC use and the balance for pasta production. All farmers are said to have...
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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