Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA/AFRICA – MEA REGION Libya imports about 90 percent of its grain needs every year with total imports for 2022/23 forecasted by the FAO to be at 3.2 MMT, about the same as last year. More than 50 percent of Libya’s imports of wheat, barley, and maize have come from the Ukraine and Russia in the past. Libya imports about 1.55 MMT of wheat. 1 MMT of barley and 650,000 MT of maize. Saudi Arabia’s SAGO is reported to have purchased about 35,000 MT of locally grown wheat so far this season. Egypt reports that its wheat reserves are at seven months consumption. Egypt officials say that the 180,000 MT wheat purchase from India is still valid but that the wheat has not bee...
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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