{"id":88022,"date":"2026-04-28T18:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/88022\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T18:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:28:15","slug":"iraqs-basra-wheat-intake-set-to-exceed-24k-tons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/88022\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq\u2019s Basra wheat intake set to exceed 24K tons"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n 2026-04-28T18:00:11+00:00<\/p>\n

font<\/p>\n

Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n

\n A-
\n A
\n A+\n <\/p>\n

Shafaq News- Basra<\/p>\n

Wheat intake in southern Iraq\u2019s
\nBasra province is projected to exceed 24,000 tons this agricultural season, a
\nlocal official told Shafaq News on Tuesday, with marketing operations now
\nunderway.<\/p>\n

Receiving centers are fully
\nprepared, offering sufficient silo capacity and a regulated system to manage
\ntruck entry and unloading, according to Hadi Hussein, head of the Basra
\nAgriculture Directorate. Peak deliveries, he noted, are anticipated in May and
\nwill continue through June, while urging farmers to adhere to schedules to
\nensure smooth processing.<\/p>\n

Harvesting began<\/a> last week in
\nBasra with average yields of about 750 kg per dunam (0.25 hectares), covering
\n3,937 dunams under the government plan and 7,500 dunams outside it.<\/p>\n

In Kirkuk, production is
\nprojected<\/a> at around 600,000 tons this season, reinforcing its role as a key
\ngrain-producing province. Zuhair Ali Hussein, head of the Kirkuk Agriculture
\nDirectorate, said average yields are estimated at about 1,250 kilograms per
\ndunam, supported by improved farming methods, technical assistance, and
\nfavorable weather. Iraq\u2019s 2026 wheat production is forecast at 5 million tons,
\ndown from 6.3 million in 2025, while imports are expected to rise to 2.1
\nmillion tons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-04-28T18:00:11+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Basra Wheat intake in southern Iraq\u2019s Basra province…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[5277,152,94,31263,31264],"class_list":{"0":"post-88022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iraq","8":"tag-basra","9":"tag-breaking","10":"tag-iraq","11":"tag-iraqs-basra-wheat-intake-set-to-exceed-24k-tons","12":"tag-weat-production"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116483752335413825","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}