Grains and Pulses

In the first six months of the year, Türkiye exported cereals, pulses, oilseeds and related products worth 5,847,514,000 dollars to 212 countries and free zones. The cereals, pulses oilseeds and related products sector sold 5,290,036 tonnes of products to 212 countries and free zones during the January-June period. Turkish producers …

1 July, 2026… Erhan Özmen, Chairman of the Board at Özmen Flour (Özmen Un) and a leading figure in the flour industry, outlined the new framework for competition in the milling sector during his speech at the IDMA Global Grain & Milling Forum. Özmen stated that, under intense competition and …

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, …

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 …

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 …

At the International Grain Council (IGC) Grains Conference in London, one of the most interesting discussions focused on the current low-price environment in grain markets. Dr. Seth Meyer Dr. Seth Meyer, former USDA chief economist, described the market as being in a strange place. Exporting countries still have fairly plentiful …

Press release… Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters Association (AHBİB), announced that they achieved 151.3 million dollars in exports in May. Stating that they ramped up their exports by 4 percent compared to the same period last year, AHBİB …

India has become the world’s largest rice producer, overtaking China in total output, as per news reports. Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan stated that India produced 150.18 million tonnes of rice, while China’s output stood at 145.28 million tonnes.  Government estimates suggest that rice production may rise further in …

In an event featuring speakers from various fields, including the textile, food and oil sectors, the importance of accurate information in food production and sustainability was highlighted. Common misconceptions about palm oil and vegetable oils were evaluated in light of scientific data. Dr. Fahri Yemişçioğlu Supporting discussions on food production …

ANKARA Türkiye’s agricultural sector is expecting a strong year for grain production in 2026, supported by favourable temperature trends, rainfall distribution in May and continued low drought risks, a sector representative told Anadolu. Yaşar Serpi, chairman of Ankara-based National Grain Council (UHK), said this year’s production season had been one …