David McKee

India gaining infuence in rice market

David McKee — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:18:42 +0000

After China, India is the number two rice-producing and consuming nation. Record crops the last two years means total annual supply of 108 million rice equivalent is much in excess of domestic demand. Government planners are less concerned now with …

Lifting the screen on Indian milling

David McKee — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:24:38 +0000

Industry expanding despite government controls and challenging business environment The owners of roller flour mills in India like to describe their country’s wheat industry in sweeping terms: • an annual harvest that has reached a record level of 88 million …

Turkish Grain Board restructuring

dmckee — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:32:20 +0000

Cereal crops have been sown in Turkey longer than possibly anywhere else. Recent archaeological discoveries in the country’s central Anatolian plateau have pushed back the existence of the first permanent agricultural settlements to 13,000 years ago. The grain sector, and …

Strategic grain reserves

dmckee — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 04:55:37 +0000

Middle EastSub-Saharan AfricaSouth AsiaEast Asia and Southeast AsiaConclusion The world economic crisis at the end of 2008 led to a profound distrust of financial markets, particularly among the developed countries that were impacted the most. Similarly, the twin price spikes …

What’s next for Russia?

dmckee — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 02:46:39 +0000

The world needs Russian wheatInfrastructure gapsUnited grain companyDomestic industryState interventionsFeed and meat industryMarket friendly alternativeConclusion On Aug. 15, 2010, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin issued a decree halting all Russian wheat exports effective immediately. Export contracts for millions of tonnes …

Sudan – Booming market for wheat

dmckee — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:53:49 +0000

Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for just 14% of the world wheat trade and a small fraction of all consumption. But in coming decades, demand from the region will result in the lion’s share of increases in global wheat production and trade. This …

Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan Province, China

David McKee — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:12:35 +0000

Photos from my trip to China.

Companies race for rice market supremacy

David McKee — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:21:50 +0000

China produces over 190 million tonnes of paddy rice per year, most of which is traditionally processed at the township level by up to 100,000 mills. It is the largest staple food crop grown and consumed in any country. Now …

IAOM Eurasia Conference

David McKee — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:30:54 +0000

This year’s IAOM Eurasia District Conference was held in October at the Rin Grand Hotel in Bucharest, Romania. More than 300 people from 27 countries attended the third annual International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) Eurasia District Conference, Oct. 9-21, …

Millers gather in Tanzania

David McKee — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:44:41 +0000

IAOM Mideast & Africa Conference The 19th Annual International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) Mideast and Africa District Conference and Expo, held for the first time in a sub-Saharan country, drew nearly 500 participants and 60 exhibitors to the city …