According to the U.S. Deparment of Agriculture, Israel is almost completely dependent on imports to meet its #grain and feed needs.
In recent years, dried distillers grains with solubles and corn gluten feed imports, have increased significantly.
Israel Ag forecasts Israel’s imports of wheat – primarily feed wheat – in market year (MY) 2021/22 to reach 1.65 million metric tons (MMT), with almost no change from MY 2020/21 figure.
In MY 2020/21, U.S. wheat accounted for 5.5% of the market up 1.8% from the previous year.
It’s forecasts Israel’s imports of corn in MY 2021/22 to reach 2 MMT, of which 180 thousand metric tons (TMT) are expected to be of U.S.-origin.
It’s also forecasts that imports of grain and feed will remain stable despite local annual population growth of 2% due to COVID-19 restrictions, limited operations of the hotel, restaurant, and institutional food sector, and strict #government production quotas for milk and eggs.
