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Despite structural challenges such as climate stress, regulatory fragmentation, and high import dependency, experts at the IGC Conference emphasized that targeted investments, smarter procurement, and regional cooperation can transform the Middle East into a model of food resilience and strategic grain security.

At the International Grains Conference in London, global grain trade leaders called for stronger regulatory alignment, accelerated digitalization, and deeper public-private cooperation to ensure food security and grain supply chain resilience in an increasingly unpredictable world.

According to CoBank’s latest analysis, trade policy uncertainty — especially with China — has driven new-crop U.S. grain and oilseed export sales to multi-decade lows, exposing exporters to heightened market risk ahead of the 2025/26 season.

The newly launched Platts Milling Wheat Marker delivers a transparent and unified benchmark that captures the most competitive export prices across key Black Sea ports — including Russia, Ukraine, Romania, and Bulgaria — a region that serves as the backbone of global wheat trade.

Turkey’s state grain board TMO has announced its 2025 grain procurement prices, setting the base purchase price for milling and durum wheat at 13,500 TL/tonne (~USD 420).

Interlegal announced an exclusive live session on Bills of Lading, hosted by one of the most respected authorities in global shipping and maritime law: Jeffrey Blum, FICS FCIArb. This live-only, off-the-record expert session will take place on June 12 via Zoom.

Silos Córdoba has commenced the assembly of a new state-of-the-art silo facility at the strategic Jebel Ali Port in Dubai, United Arab Emirates — the largest man-made port in the world and a critical logistics hub for the Middle East.

Bühler Group is launching OptiBake, the world’s first inductively heated wafer oven, marking a breakthrough in industrial baking.

In 2024, over 295 million people across 53 countries and territories faced acute food insecurity, marking the sixth consecutive year of worsening hunger, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) released on May 16, 2025.

Record harvests, tightening stocks, high input costs, and persistent trade tensions — the 2025/26 grain season is shaping up to be abundant, yet increasingly fragile.

Wheat production in Turkey is projected to fall significantly in 2025, while flour exports continue to decline amid rising costs and market uncertainties. Experts call for urgent measures to sustain the sector’s global competitiveness.

SovEcon, a leading Black Sea grain consultancy, has revised its 2025 Russian wheat production forecast upward by 1.2 million metric tons (MMT) to 81.0 MMT, though it remains below the 2024 harvest of 82.6 MMT.