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Data: Egypt relied on competitive Russian wheat, with 2022 imports in decline
Egypt relied more on Russian wheat imports last year, despite a sharp decline in its wheat imports.
China’s December soybean imports jump, annual volumes fall for 2nd year
hina’s soybean imports jumped 19% in December compared with a year ago.
FUTURE OF MILK: HIGH PRICES CURE HIGH PRICES
If ever there was an industry that economically mimicked the ideology that high prices cure high prices and low prices cure low prices, it is probably the dairy industry, specifically dairy farmers.
Agricultural droughts will continue across water-scarce Central Asia, says study
A severe agriculture drought swept Central Asia in 2021 in its early growing season.
COTTON, RICE PRODUCTION SEE YEAR TO YEAR DECLINES
U.S. cotton and rice production was down in 2022.
Japanese farmers use technology to balance wildlife conservation and farm protection
Several reports of wild animals entering farms and destroying crops and livestock are reported across Japan annually.
Tunisian droughts create ‘water emergency’, threaten food security
A view of a cracked ground near the Sidi El Barrak dam with depleted levels of water, in Nafza, west of the capital Tunis, Tunisia.
China opens corridor for corn imports from Brazil
First ship carrying 68,000 tonnes of corn docks in Guangdong, paving way to diversify China’s import sources.
Germany gives EUR 2.85 million to support safe agriculture trade in developing countries
Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development is contributing EUR 2.85 million to the Standards and Trade Development Facility over a period of four years.
DROUGHT IN ARGENTINA SHIFTS GLOBAL WHEAT TRADE
Drought in Argentina will likely change the global wheat trade picture in 2023.