Iran has picked up at least 50,000 tons of milling wheat, traders said, adding to over 1 million tons snapped up from international markets in recent weeks as Tehran seeks to boost grain reserves. Once a wheat exporter, Iran is forecast to need at least 5 million tons of imports in the season starting in summer, with market talk its harvest this year ...

Kazakhstan plans to step up grain exports to Iran up to 2-2.5 million tone. It has been announced by Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan Assylzhan Mamytbekov at a press briefing today. In his words, this will be possible after Uzen-Gorgan railway line is commissioned. Minister Mamytbekov also noted Central Asia, Caucasus and Western China are ...