Turkey's soybean imports have increased by about 30 percent over the past three or four years and are expected to rise by another 200,000 MT in 2015/16. In turn, this is impacting the volume of soymeal it imports, mainly from South America.
Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS Iran's agriculture minister is forecasting that domestic wheat production will reach 11 MMT this year and imports will drop by about 20 percent to below 2 MMT. Most of the grain trade believes this is an unrealistic estimate. Looking at the most recent FAO report on Iran, 6.3 MMT will need to be imported along with 5.3 MMT of maize and 1.7 MMT of barley.Egypt's supply ministry has announced that based on current inventory and stocks on orde...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
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Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
An Ankylosaurus lumbers along the shore of what’s now eastern Montana. Walking low to the ground, the dino uses its flat, leaf-shaped teeth to tear at ferns lining the water. Suddenly, a shadow looms over the herbivore—a Tyrannosaurus rex is hungry. But Ankylosaurus won’t be a...