Turkey: Grain and Feed Update

In marketing year (MY) 2025/26, Turkiye’s production of wheat and barley, which is mostly dry farmed, is forecast lower year-to-year because of unseasonably dry weather conditions. Amid these dry conditions, corn production is predicted to grow since much of the crop has access to irrigation and owing to an expansion in the corn harvested area, especially second crop corn in the southeast. With the predicted contraction in wheat and barley output, imports of these commodities are forecast to increase from last year, while U.S. rice imports will benefit from the recent removal Turkiye’s 25 percent retaliatory duty. On the export front, Turkish flour exporters continue to struggle to regain market share lost last year.