The Government has recently announced wheat and barley procurement prices for the 2017 crops currently being harvested. The price of wheat has been set at SYP 140 (USD 270 per [...]

The Government announced to grant temporary subsidies to maize imports and to sell imported maize to millers at an average price of KES 2 300 (USD 21.87) for a 90 [...]

The National Food Supply Agency (CONAB) will hold new maize auction on 25 May, in an effort to assist growers in the key producing area of Mato Grosso amid a [...]

The Ministry of Agriculture approved new prices for the purchasing interventions of the 2017 grain crop. For the first time, the Ministry set prices for wheat Class 1 and 2; [...]

The Russian and Turkish Governments agreed to lift simultaneously all restrictions on food trade between the two countries, effective immediately. The agreement includes re-allowing imports of Russian wheat to Turkey, [...]

The Government of Morocco announced the increase of the import duty on soft wheat from 30 percent to 135 percent. The customs duty will become effective upon publication in the [...]

In late April, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) announced a reduction of 3.6 percent in the minimum price of all wheat types for the 2017/18 season. In [...]

The Government lifted the suspension on maize exports on 21 April. Shipments were halted in mid-October to ensure sufficient supplies until the 2017 harvest, which is about to begin, and [...]

The Government announced it will buy up to 1 million tonnes of maize produced in the key growing State of Mato Grosso, through an auction of option contracts, which give [...]

The Government plans to procure 800 000 tonnes of rice and 700 000 tonnes of paddy from the ongoing Boro crop (November-May) at BDT 34 (USD 0.41) per kg and [...]