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Iraq Buys 1.09 Mln Tons of Local Wheat so Far this Season

A view shows ears of wheat in a field owned by the ‘Siberia’ farming company during sunset outside the village of Ogur in Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia September 8, 2019. (Reuters)
A view shows ears of wheat in a field owned by the ‘Siberia’ farming company during sunset outside the village of Ogur in Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia September 8, 2019. (Reuters)
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Iraq Buys 1.09 Mln Tons of Local Wheat so Far this Season

A view shows ears of wheat in a field owned by the ‘Siberia’ farming company during sunset outside the village of Ogur in Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia September 8, 2019. (Reuters)
A view shows ears of wheat in a field owned by the ‘Siberia’ farming company during sunset outside the village of Ogur in Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia September 8, 2019. (Reuters)

Iraq’s grain board said on Saturday it has procured more than 1.09 million tons of local wheat since the start of the harvest season last month.

The agriculture ministry has said it expects local production to reach 6 million tons in the April-May harvest season.

Iraq, a major Middle East grain importer, said in March it would need to import 1 million tons of wheat this year to boost reserves amid growing concerns that measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic globally would slow the food supply chain.

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About 12% of Oil Production in Gulf of Mexico Shut-in

People inspect their damaged house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on September 28, 2024. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)
People inspect their damaged house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on September 28, 2024. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)
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About 12% of Oil Production in Gulf of Mexico Shut-in

People inspect their damaged house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on September 28, 2024. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)
People inspect their damaged house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on September 28, 2024. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

About 12% of current oil production and 6.04% of the current natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico is shut-in due to storm Helene, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said in a statement on Saturday.

Authorities across the southeastern United States faced the daunting task on Saturday of cleaning up from Hurricane Helene, one of the most powerful and perhaps costliest to hit the country.

Damage estimates across the storm's rampage range between $95 billion and $110 billion, potentially making this one of the most expensive storms in modern US history, said chief meteorologist Jonathan Porter of AccuWeather, a commercial forecasting company.
Downgraded late on Friday to a post-tropical cyclone, the remnants of Helene continued to produce heavy rains across several states, sparking massive flooding that threatened to cause dam failures that could inundate entire towns.