Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA Tunisian officials say the country has sufficient stocks of soft wheat, durum, and barley to cover all requirements until May 2022. Pakistan wheat flour prices have increased by about 15 percent due to the recent ban on the interprovincial movement of wheat. Wheat millers have asked the government to increase the allocation of wheat from government stocks to overcome the shortage of locally traded wheat from other provinces. Pakistan has reportedly developed a hybrid wheat seed that can increase crop yields by 40 percent with longer term development expected to lead to a 100 percent yield increase. The seed has been developed based on local and Chinese hybrids and has been in...
What You Need to Know Today: Markets got a surprise with a corn yield of 181.2 bushels/acre in the October WASDE, above the average estimate of 177.6 bushels/acre and up from USDA’s September estimate of 178.5 bushels/acre. Although stronger demand is expected to absorb some of the addit...
The USDA has lowered its 2026 red meat production forecasts slightly while forecasting a slight increase in broiler production. Beef is now projected at 24.802 billion pounds, 75 million pounds less than in September. Cow slaughter is expected to be up; however, this will be offset by lower ste...
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