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Iraq buys 200,000 tonnes hard wheat from Canada, U.S., Australia

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 29, 2014

Hamburg | Reuters — Iraq’s state grains board has purchased 200,000 tonnes of hard wheat to be sourced from Canada, the U.S. and Australia in an international tender for at least 50,000 tonnes, European traders said on Monday. The purchase comprised 100,000 tonnes of Canadian wheat, 50,000 tonnes of U.S. wheat and 50,000 tonnes of

Crops, Markets

Newly appointed Iraq grain board chief removed

By GFM Network News, Reuters November 22, 2014

London | Reuters — Iraq’s newly appointed Grain Board chief has been removed from his post after less than a week, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday, in another sign of turmoil in the body responsible for state imports of vital commodities. Muthanna Jabbar, appointed just last week, was replaced

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Syria plans to import one million tonnes of wheat as war rages

Jihadist rebels now control most of Syria’s wheat-growing areas

By Maha El Dahan November 10, 2014

Syria plans to import one million tonnes of wheat as loss of government control over large swathes of farmland and a poor harvest have cut domestic purchases by half, a source at the state’s General Organization for Cereal Processing and Trade (Hoboob) told Reuters. “We are still studying the mode of imports, whether it will

Cereals, Crops

Dry Iraq Tries New Drought Resistant Grains

By Khalid Al-ansary September 1, 2011

Iraq this year plans to start sowing a new generation of grain seeds it hopes will be more resistant to drought and soil salinity and could help bolster its wheat crop in a couple of years, an agriculture official said. The Iraqi government’s meteorological department last week said it expected three years of drought, and

Cereals, Crops, News

Iraq To Double Wheat Production

By Khalid Al-ansary June 3, 2010

Iraq expects to double its wheat production this year to around 2.5 million tonnes, meeting half its consumption needs, thanks to good rains, a deputy agriculture minister said May 19. Iraq’s agriculture sector, hurt by decades of war, sanctions and neglect, has suffered severe drought in the last two years, hitting wheat and rice production

Cereals, Crops, News

Iraq’s farm sector crumbling as drought bites

By Ahmed Rasheed, Missy Ryan November 6, 2008

A severe drought will force Iraq to import 40 per cent more wheat in 2008-09, its agriculture minister said, even as the country struggles to revive a sector crippled by decades of neglect and decay. “In 2007, average rainfall was just 40 per cent of the normal level in Iraq, falling more than half and

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Iraq buys 200,000 tonnes hard wheat from Canada, U.S., Australia

Newly appointed Iraq grain board chief removed

Syria plans to import one million tonnes of wheat as war rages

Dry Iraq Tries New Drought Resistant Grains

Iraq To Double Wheat Production

Iraq’s farm sector crumbling as drought bites

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