Wheat Procurement Starts; New Crop Quality Issues Unseasonal rains across the wheat belt (north India) in the last week have somewhat damaged the crop, which is ready for harvest. In those areas where harvesting has begun, the stock arrivals at market yards have been similarly impacted by rainfall and also hailstorms. Meanwhile, the meteorological department is forecasting more rains in the coming weeks. Damage has been reported in parts of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, states where the wheat is sown late. In Himachal Pradesh, the crop was so flattened by hail and high velocity winds that it may not be harvested and instead left to be eaten by pests. According to available data, 3.294 MMT were procured in the first 12 days of the sea...
What You Need to Know Today: The surprises from the USDA’s Acreage report were a sharp reduction in winter wheat area from the March Prospective Plantings estimates and a larger-than-expected increase in corn area. The Grain Stocks report offered relatively few surprises, but quarterly d...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Oman Flour Mills has begun its 2026 purchases of locally produced wheat. The mill runs a government-supported program that it says strengthens the country’s food supply. The program is said to “improve farming practice...
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