News Updates ZIMBABWE TO DOUBLE WHEAT CROP The Zimbabwean government wants to double the local wheat crop, though its increase to 75,000 MT seems very small relative to the 400,000 MT of wheat it imports every year to meet local demand. According to the government, last year's crop was just over 35,000 MT; however, farmers said the total was closer to 12,000 MT. The area planted to wheat has dropped dramatically in recent years as the government has been promoting corn's importance as a food grain.Meanwhile, reports indicate that the drought has cut the local corn crop by 50 percent. The government had hoped for a crop as good as the 1.35 MMT harvested last year, a year when Zimbabwe was able to export a little bit of corn.It is estimated...
What You Need to Know Today: Declining crop conditions ratings and shaky results from the Pro Farmer crop tour sent grains sharply higher on Tuesday. The Pro Farmer tour in Ohio pegged the state yield at 180.18 BPA, about 5.5 BPA below the tour’s 2025 estimate. Similarly, the Pro Farmer...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Egypt is the largest importer of Brazilian maize in the first six months of 2026. Egypt imported about 28.4 percent of maize exports, or about 1.7 million MT. Iran was the third-largest importer at 14.5 percent, or 900,000 MT, fol...
Based on a Depression-era statute, President Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of exports to the U.S., or about 5.2 percent of the $383 billion worth of goods the U.S. imported from Canada in 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Of that total, about $39.3 billion was agricu...
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