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Türkiye’s regional grain hub potential comes into focus at IDMA Forum…

30 June, 2026… Türkiye’s potential to become a regional grain storage and trading hub came into focus at the IDMA Global Grain & Milling Forum. Speakers pointed to the country’s expanding licensed warehousing capacity, the development of the Turkish Mercantile Exchange, plans to trade bonded warehouse products in foreign currencies, …

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FAO Food Price Index edges down amid diverging commodity price movements…

Press release… New early-season forecasts point to another strong global cereal harvest amid growing El Niño risks… 03/07/2026 Rome – FAO’s benchmark measure of world food commodity prices edged down in June, as lower quotations for cereals, sugar and dairy products outweighed higher quotations for vegetable oils and meat, according to new …

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Ufuk Atakan Demir: We aim to reach 4.5 billion dollars in fisheries and animal products exports this year!

Press release… The Turkish fisheries and animal products sector, which meets the world’s protein needs through three meals a day and reached an export volume of 4 billion 46 million dollars in 2025, was represented by 23 firms on the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TİM) Top 1,000 Exporters List. Ufuk Atakan …

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Namık Kemal Parlak writes; “Insights from IDMA Global Grain & Milling Forum”

June 2026… The biggest lesson from recent food security shocks may not be fragility. It may be resilience.During the “Food Security in the Age of Crisis” session, I had the privilege of asking Dr. Joe Glauber, Emeritus Research Fellow at International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and former Chief Economist …

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Dr. Mustafa Bayram: In the milling industry, the greatest strength is no longer capacity, but data!

June, 2026… Professor Dr Mustafa Bayram, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Gaziantep University and Chair of the Association for Grain and Pulses Processing Technologies, Storage and Analysis Systems (TABADER) Board of Directors, stated in his address at the IDMA Global Grain & Milling Forum that the new competitive …

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Işınsu Kestelli: Due to increased production this year, agricultural exports have become more critical than ever!

Işınsu Kestelli, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Izmir Commodity Exchange, said that high yields are expected for many agricultural products this year, but that production must be converted into economic value and supported by exports. Speaking at the Exchange’s June council meeting, Kestelli said that this year …

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Capturing fog to make water!

In Chile, a community transforms fog into a source of water to cope with water scarcity and drought… Press release… June 2026… There are days when the sky does not bring rain. Instead, a thick fog, called camanchaca, advances silently from the ocean and covers hills and ravines. The trees, plants and …

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Lorena Basso steps up in the global seed sector!

Agriculture’s biggest challenges don’t start in the field. They start with seed and Lorena Basso is stepping in to shape what happens next in the global seed sector. Lorena Basso did not arrive at this moment by chance. She built it step by step, starting at age 20 inside her …

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Emre Uygun: Turkish olive and olive oil exports stand at 260 million dollars

Press release… June 2026… Emre Uygun, Chair of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), in his written statement, provided information on olive and olive oil export figures. “According to our finalised seasonal data as of 31 May 2026, our total sector exports stood at 260 million dollars. …

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Farm incomes set to rise over next decade – but volatility puts gains at risk!

Press release… June 2026… OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2026-2035 sees agricultural growth rate outpacing carbon emissions over next decade… Paris/Rome – Global average gross agricultural income per worker is projected to increase by 9 percent by 2035, driven by productivity gains and broadly stable agricultural prices, according to a new report released today by …

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