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IDMA 2026 will open its doors at Istanbul Expo Center on June 25–27, bringing together nearly 200 exhibitors from 20 countries and visitors from 120 countries across the grain and food processing value chain.

USDA’s first broad outlook for the 2026/27 grain season points to a market defined by softer global production, resilient consumption and tighter stocks. Wheat and corn output are forecast below last season’s record levels, while demand remains firm across food, feed and industrial channels.

At EuroGrainExchange 2026 in Bucharest, grain and oilseed market leaders warned that Black Sea and Danube trade is entering a more complex phase, as comfortable global supplies are increasingly offset by low margins, weather and climate risks, shifting crop rotations, biofuel-driven oilseed demand, freight volatility and tighter financing conditions.

Alapala has completed and delivered a new turnkey flour mill project for Tayyaba Flour Mills in Islamabad, Pakistan, adding 350 tonnes per day of flour milling capacity to the local market.

CESCO EPC has been awarded a contract to engineer, supply and install a new integrated grain terminal for La Sanfermese S.p.A. in Piubega, Mantova, strengthening the Italian company’s grain receiving, drying, storage and dispatch capacity.

The Serbia Grains Association will hold the second edition of the Serbia Grains Conference on May 19, 2026, at the Sava Centar in Belgrade, bringing together grain and oilseed traders, processors, exporters, logistics companies, quality-control specialists and public-sector representatives.

Bühler Group, a global leader in processing equipment for food, feed, and advanced materials, is launching its new generation of extrusion systems.

The International Grains Council’s 2026 Grains Conference will be held in London on June 9-10 under the theme “Charting the future drivers of global grains trade.”

IDMA and IAOM MEA have announced a strategic partnership to jointly expand feed and milling events, with a particular focus on Africa.

The XX. International "Compound Feed - 2026" Conference was held in Moscow, Russia, with extensive participation.

Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, has completed the acquisition of a controlling 80.01% stake in Olam Agri Holdings in a transaction valued at $1.88 billion.

At EuroGrainExchange 2026 in Bucharest, the panel “Supply chain economics. Major challenges. Are we ‘lost in translation’?” underlined how grain trade is becoming harder to manage as low prices, rising costs, climate stress, fragile logistics and tighter execution margins collide across the supply chain.