Contracts have been awarded in Egypt for the building of two UAE-financed wheat silos there. These are the first two in the joint UAE/Egypt project to build a total of 25 that are expected to expand Egypt's wheat storage capacity by 1.5 MMT.

  News Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS: Turkey's drought situation appears to be having quite a serious effect on the wheat crop in much of the country. Both the Turkish government and USDA-FAS forecast that Turkish wheat production will decline over 10 percent to just under 20 MMT, while the barley crop will be slightly worse with a drop closer to 13 percent for a total just under 7 MMT. There are some significant differences between the Turkish and USDA estimates with the latter...