Israel: Grain and Feed Annual
Israel is almost completely dependent on imports to meet its grain and feed needs. In recent years, dried distillers grains with soluble (DDGS) and corn gluten feed (CGF) imports have increased significantly. In MY 2015/16, 404,000 tons of CGF and DDGS were imported by Israel, of which 88 percent were from the US, up nearly 357 percent compared to a decade ago. In the past two years, due to corn’s attractive pricing, its imports increased significantly at the expense of feed wheat. In MY 2015/16 there was a sharp decline of 49 percent in the import of different grains and feedstuff from the US, attributed, among other things, to a strong dollar, as grains from the Black Sea Basin are more competitively priced.
