Iraq Makes no Purchase in 50,000 ton Wheat Tender
The Iraqi Ministry for Trade has made no purchase in a tender for at least 50,000 tonnes of wheat, according to a report from Reuters. The tender for wheat of any origin had closed on 1st October, with...
View ArticleIraq Buys 350,000 Tons of Wheat
By John Lee. Iraq’s state grains board has purchased a total of 350,000 tons of wheat from Australia, Russia and Canada in a tender for a nominal 50,000 tons which closed last week: 200,000 tons of...
View ArticleIraq On Track for Big Wheat Crop
By John Schnittker, Chief Economist at Schnittker Associates, and former Ministry Advisor at the US Embassy in Baghdad. Iraq’s 2013 winter grain prospects appear to be good to excellent condition at...
View ArticleWheat Harvest Exceeds 3m Tons
By John Lee. Azzaman reports that wheat production in 2012 rose to 3.26 million tons, despite a lack of rain.The harvest had fallen to an average 1.5 million tons in the years follow the US-led...
View ArticleOver 5m Tons of Food Imported in 2012
By Matthew Gayle. According to the state-run Grain Board of Iraq, over 5.4 million tons of food were imported into Iraq last year to cover the state-run food rationing system that was originally...
View ArticleIraq Raises Grain Prices
Iraq has increased prices it pays to its wheat, barley and rice growers, reports Azzaman. Kareem Elaywi, a parliamentarian in the Water and Agriculture Commission, said farmers shipping their produce...
View ArticleWheat Harvest Threatened by Heavy Rains
By John Schnittker, Chief Economist at Schnittker Associates, and former Ministry Advisor at the US Embassy in Baghdad. Heavy rainfall over the southern provinces of Iraq during early May has...
View ArticleIraq Buys 250,000t of Wheat from Russia
The Iraqi Grain Board has reportedly bought 250,000 tons of wheat from Russia. Aswat Al Iraq says the purchase was made following a bid to buy 500,000 tons of wheat, which was closed last week....
View ArticleWheat Falls As Iraq Shuns US Grain
According to Bloomberg, wheat fell the most in three weeks after Iraq and Egypt shunned U.S. grain in tenders yesterday, indicating ample global supplies. Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer,...
View ArticleRecord Wheat Crop, but Imports Still Needed
By John Schnittker, Chief Economist at Schnittker Associates, and former Ministry Advisor at the US Embassy in Baghdad. Iraq’s first tender to purchase wheat on the international market since mid-May...
View ArticleUkraine Offers Lowest Bid For Iraq Wheat Tender
By Matthew Gayle. Ukrainian wheat was offered at the lowest price of $326 a tonne c&f free out (ciffo) in a tender from Iraq’s state grain board to purchase at least 50,000 tonnes, European traders...
View ArticleIraq’s Summer Irrigation Water Supply Threatened
By John Schnittker, Chief Economist at Schnittker Associates, and former Ministry Advisor at the US Embassy in Baghdad. The headwater areas of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that stretch across most...
View ArticleSyria to Sell Excess Wheat to Iraq
By John Lee. According to Lebanon’s The Daily Star, Syria is to tender 100,000 tonnes of soft wheat and 100,000 tonnes of durum wheat to the Iraqi market. Sources quoted inside Syria said that the...
View ArticleWater and Wheat: ISIS Weapons?
By John Schnittker, Chief Economist at Schnittker Associates, and former Ministry Advisor at the US Embassy in Baghdad. With much of Iraq’s wheat production coming from Northern Iraq and nearly all of...
View ArticleIraq Buys 200,000 Tonnes of Wheat
By John Lee. The Iraqi Grain Board has bought 200,000 tonnes of hard wheat from Canada, the United States and Australia, Reuters reported on Monday: 100,000 tonnes of Canadian wheat, from trading house...
View ArticleIraq Delays Decision on Wheat Tender
By John Lee. The Iraqi Grain Board (IGB) has delayed until Sunday a decision on whether to buy at least 50,000 tonnes of hard wheat in an international tender. Reuters quotes traders as saying that no...
View ArticleIraq’s Ambitious Wheat Target
By John Lee. The general manager of the Grain Board of Iraq, Saad al Hamdinee, has reportedly told a conference in London that Iraq is expected to produce 3.5 million tonnes of wheat this year....
View ArticleRussian Wheat Cheapest in latest Tender
By John Lee. European traders said on Monday that Russian wheat was offered lowest at $231.00 a tonne c&f free out in the tender from Iraq’s state grains board to buy at least 50,000 tonnes of hard...
View ArticleAustralian Wheat Lowest in Iraq Tender
By John Lee. Australian wheat was reported to be offered at the lowest price, in a tender for at least 50,000 tonnes of hard wheat for the Iraqi Grain Board. The tender closed on Sunday and offers must...
View ArticleImproving Agriculture, Employment and Peace
By Dr. Layth Mahdi. Prior to the 2003 Iraq had adopted an agricultural policy based on the financial, administrative, technical and technological support from the government for the development of the...
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