Wheat
Turkey world’s number one flour exporter
Turkey has been the world’s top flour seller over the last five years, making one-third of all flour exports, with 3.6 million tons of flour exports worth $1.1 billion in 2017, an industry group said on Jan. 10.
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Worried about Russia’s march on grain markets? It could be worse!
Russian grain is flowing around the world in a way not seen since the last years of the Tsarist empire a century ago but the country’s export expansion looks set to hit a wall because of a lack of infrastructure.
High Yields of Wheat in Dobrich Area
The harvest in Dobrich is almost over. More than 30 per cent of the wheat area of 1 million and 213 decares has been harvested. The average yield is 569 kg / ha and the quality of the grain is very good, the BGNES correspondent for the region reported.
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Wandering wheat
Back in the 1960's, Jack Harlan, a devoted American agronomist harvested wild wheat in southeastern Turkey as if a gatherer would do 10,000 years ago. He first tried using only his hands; hand-stripping the mature wheat ears, then he tried using a replica of an ancient sickle, a razor-sharp flint blade embedded in a wooden handle.
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Good Grain Harvest Expected by Ministry of Agriculture
At the unveiling of the harvesting campaign in the town of Karnobat, Southeastern Bulgaria, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Atanas Dobrev foresaw good grain harvest for this year, BNR writes.
Over 5 million tons of wheat grain are expected to be gathered and those will be enough for providing the country's grain balance.
Turkish mills buy EU, Black Sea wheat to replace Russian imports
Turkish flour mills have covered their short-term needs by purchasing several hundred thousand tons of wheat from EU and Black Sea countries, replacing Russian supplies blocked by a change to import rules, millers and traders said on April 5.
Russia drops fruit, vegetable ban on Egypt
Russia announced Sept. 26 it is dropping a brief import ban on fruits and vegetables from Egypt, after Cairo backed downed on tough restrictions on wheat that had sparked a row.
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Turkey to adopt 'new agricultural model,' vows minister
Turkey will adopt a "new agricultural model" in a bid to increase agricultural yields by around 11 billion Turkish Liras ($3.7 billion), Food, Agriculture and Livestock Minister Faruk Çelik said in a televised interview on Sept. 21.
Indian Market: When France's Pain Is Ukraine's Gain
India has received wheat from an East European country for the first time in a decade, with Ukraine snatching the French wheat markets with shipments to the South Asian nation.
Staple food prices rise 7 percent in August, says UN's FAO
Staple food prices rose 7 percent in August in comparison to the previous year on the back of a rise in commodities other than grains, the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Sept. 8.
Staple food prices rose in August even as grain prices fell, and the outlook for global cereal production improved, the FAO said in a statement.