Jordan will need to continue importing close to 100 percent of its needed wheat supply, according to USDA FAS in Amman. With the influx of Syrian refugees, wheat demand should increase as it seems to do every year.
News Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS The local USDA forecast in Morocco indicates that the country's 2014/15 total grain imports, including durum wheat, could be up by as much as 1.2 MMT from 2013/14 as production is expected to be down significantly compared with the previous year's very good crop. Rainfall in the wheat area has been below average and much lower than last year. Although the planted area will be about the same, the expected yields are down to only 1.2 MT per hectare from 2.13 MT per hectar...
What You Need to Know Today: It was just one of those days where seemingly everything was in the red as part of a broader risk-off economic sentiment amid de-escalation headlines in the Middle East. Other key fundamentals were also bearish, including the resumption of Mexican cattle imports an...
Key Takeaways: U.S. cow-calf producers are facing another year of record-breaking revenues and net returns for 2026, though rising cost pressures and pullbacks in cattle prices increase risks. Drought remains a key concern for much of the cow-calf industry this year, with rising feed cos...
USDA announced on Friday the coordinated, phased reopening of southern U.S.-Mexico livestock ports starting 24 August 2026, after more than a year of closures due to the spread of New World screwworm (NWS). Douglas, Arizona, will be the first port of entry to resume cattle trade on 24 August. T...
