Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – Mea Region Turkey’s wheat imports and exports are lower in 2024/25 due to restrictions by the Turkish government that will reduce the high level of stocks on hand.
Morocco’s 2024 wheat and barley production is down by 40 percent for wheat and 52 percent for barley, according to the latest FAO report. Severe drought affected the 2024 crop and is continuing into the 2025 crop. Planting for the 2025 crops has been delayed due to drought. Farmers are hoping for good rainfall in February/March 2025. 2024/25 grain imports are expected to be up by 30 percent to a total of 11 MMT. Egypt’s wheat and corn production for 2024, according to the FAO, was steady and clos...
What You Need to Know Today: End-of-month profit taking sent the CBOT broadly lower, though corn and soybeans managed to post small gains to continue their rallies. Turkey’s foreign ministry claimed to have a plan to ensure safe passage for both Ukrainian and Russian grain vessels via th...
Developer's Note 24 August 2026: WPI recently completed an exercise that updated the codebase for this app and solved some of the discrepancies between our five-year average calculation and USDA's. There are a few lingering cases where early (late) starts (finishes) to the crop cycle resu...
Key Takeaways: Corn and soybean prices rallied sharply last week as declining U.S. production expectations collided with strong demand, raising the prospect of tighter supplies and leaving the market with a smaller margin for further yield losses. The USDA’s lower August yield estimates...
