Wheat

Alaa Farouk, Egypt's Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, stated that financial dues owed to wheat farmers and suppliers will be disbursed within a maximum of 48 hours. The government has raised the wheat procurement price to EGP 2,500 per ardeb for the current season. Locally produced wheat receipt begins on April 15 and continues until August 15.

April 13, 2026 Reported by AI

Ethiopia anticipates a record wheat harvest of 7 million metric tons in the 2026/27 marketing year, per the latest USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Grain and Feed Annual report. Despite this, Black Sea grain imports are outpacing local supply to address tight domestic markets.