Turkey: Grain and Feed Update
All of Turkey’s wheat harvest has been completed and Marketing Year (MY) 2017/18 total wheat area and production are estimated at 7.8 million hectares and 19.5 million metric tons (MMT). Post revised barley production forecast down to 6.4 MMT. Due to Turkish government’s reduction on the import tariff on barley, Turkey imported about 100,000 MT of barley in July 2017. MY 2017/18 total rice area and production are estimated at 99,000 hectares and 776,000 metric tons.
