Grains and Pulses

Türkiye on Friday announced it would halt wheat imports from June 21 until at least mid-October to safeguard farmers from price fluctuations, secure domestic procurement of raw materials and create a favorable market for producers. U.S. and European wheat futures dropped sharply on the news, both falling around 2%, with …

Press release… Cereals exports reached 5.0 billion dollars in the first 5 months… The total exports of the cereals, pulses, oilseeds and products sector, which includes basic food products such as biscuits, wheat flour, vegetable oils, sugary and cocoa products and pasta, soared by 7.3 percent to 5.0 billion dollars …

Immediately after China authorised the production of the first genetically modified wheat variety, a major trial of genetically modified wheat has been launched in Australia… Australian seed breeding firm Integrain has launched a trial to grow genetically modified seeds in a greenhouse environment. Earlier this year, the Perth-based company, majority …

Global grain production projected to increase by 8 million tonnes year-on-year in 2024, says head of International Association of Operative Millers Eurasia (IAOM)… Despite the continuing Russia-Ukraine war, global grain production is expected to increase by 8 million tonnes year-on-year in 2024, according to the head of the International Association …

In Türkiye, where only 2 thousand tonnes of the 40 thousand tonnes demand could be produced, buckwheat trial planting was carried out for the first time in Black Sea’s province of Ordu under the leadership of the Metropolitan Municipality in order to create an alternative source of income for the …

Wheat buyers in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, which account for two-thirds of global imports of the staple, have been caught out with relatively little supply after adverse weather in Russia and Europe unexpectedly sent prices surging 30 percent since April. Ole Houe Importers who had been buying cargoes …

The Chinese government has authorised the production of the country’s first genetically modified wheat strain. This is the first important step towards the commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) food products. Despite rapid advances in areas as diverse as artificial intelligence, telecommunications, renewable energy and electric vehicles, Asia lags far behind …

Press release… Southeastern Anatolia’s exports of cereals, pulses, oil seeds and products sector in the first 4 months of the year was 1.1 billion dollars. Celal Kadooğlu Compared to the same period of the previous year, the country to which the cereal exporters in the region, whose exports soared by …

Press release… VEYSEL MEMİŞ: WE MADE AN EXPORT OF 147.8 MILLION DOLLARS IN APRIL “WE ARE MAKING MOVES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC MARKET WITH A POPULATION OF 2.2 BILLION” Veysel Memiş, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), announced that …

Although it came late, the precipitation that reached the average of ordinary years made the grain producers smile. The performance of the 2023-2024 season, in which the all-time record was broken, is expected to be experienced in this season as well. Especially wheat production is expected to exceed 20 million …