Regional Updates MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN COMMENTS Egypt seems to have finally settled the ergot problem that has plagued the wheat import business for several months. Government decree 1761/2017 is expected to now end the controversy and set the maximum allowable ergot level at 0.05 percent in the plant quarantine regulations. Black Sea port loading reports can be extremely detailed and also interesting. A review indicates the following regional purchases (volumes approximated) from Ukraine during December:
Egypt’s private sector (135,000 MT of corn) Israel (150,000 MT of corn) Turkey (227,000 MT of corn, including 12,000 MT of Moldovan origin) Turkey (142,000 MT of soybeans) Turkey (67,000 MT of wheat bran - transported i...
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...
