MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA/AFRICA – MEA REGION Regional Updates Due to the Ramadan Eid El Fitr holidays ending, there is no grain news or information from the MENA region this week.
SOUTHERN/EASTERN/WESTERN AFRICA Ghana’s government faces serious criticism from local farm organizations after releasing 14 GMO products – six types of soybeans and eight types of maize. The farm groups say that non-GMO high-yielding crops could be developed without resorting to GMO. They add that GMO seeds have “serious negative implications for health, the economy and the environment”. Sudan has received a donation shipment of 14,600 MT of Ukrainian wheat flour to be distributed by the World Food Pro...
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...
