According to Egypt's Agricultural Research Center (ARC), approximately 14 percent of the country's wheat production is lost annually. It also said that Egypt will not be able to expand grain-growing areas and can only reach self-sufficiency through improved crop yields.
News Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS After several years of steadily declining tourist arrivals, it seems that Egypt may be seeing an uptick in the last quarter of 2014. Visitors in September were up by close to 200 percent over 2013, and December pre-bookings are said to be very strong. This is a tremendous boost for the tourism sector, but is equally as important to the poultry industry as tourists in the past have always been major consumers of loc...
What You Need to Know Today: Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans continued to accelerate, with USDA reporting another 558 KMT sold to China and 236 KMT to unknown destinations. Combined with sales announced Wednesday and Thursday, the latest purchases bring the three-day total to approximately...
Key Takeaways: With the fall calf run now upon us, producers are finally getting a glimpse of what their realized profits will be for 2026. Some producers may have already obtained a strong estimate of 2026 revenues, especially if calves were forward sold in, for example, the mid-summer...
As fall begins, wild migratory birds are starting their seasonal migration. That has the industry and government officials worried about the potential spread, again, of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Some members of Congress have called for the United States to be prepared for a pote...
