Article: Riyadh outsources wheat industry: Saudi Arabia is phasing out its domestic wheat growers and seeking to shift production overseas.(AGRICULTURE)

Article: SAUDI ARABIA: WHEAT PRODUCTION ...
IPR Strategic Business Information Database;  January 12, 2004 ;     493 words ...According to Al-Watan newspaper (January 12, 2003), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reduced its wheat production from 4.86 million tons in 1994 to 2.59 million tons in 2001. The authorities related this step to the KingdomEs desire to ...

Article: Massey Combines Corp. makes its largest sale to Saudi ...
PR Newswire;  March 17, 1987 ;     541 words ... ... scored its largest sale to Saudi Arabia. The company has shipped ... s first major sale in Saudi Arabia since the precipitous drop ... imports. Three years ago, Saudi Arabia became self-sufficient in wheat production as a result of intensive ...

Article: The high price of Riyadh's self-sufficiency drive: Saudi ...
MEED Middle East Economic Digest;  April 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... World Bank water report, Saudi Arabia was criticised for water ... agricultural sector. "[Saudi Arabia] is using water that is ... In the late 1980s, wheat production was high enough to make Saudi Arabia the world's sixth largest ...

Article: Saudi Arabia's wheat stocks cover 6-month needs.
Saudi Economic Survey;  May 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... of Makkah. Saudi Arabia started importing ... decided to cut wheat production by 12.5 percent ... grow its own. Saudi Arabia produced 2 ... committee of Saudi Arabia's advisory ... decided to cut wheat production by 12.5 percent ...

Article: Saudi Arabia to import 70,000 tons of wheat.(Brief ...
Saudi Economic Survey;  April 26, 2009 ;     648 words ... ... wheat annually, Khariji said.Saudi Arabia became a major wheat importer in 2008 after deciding to cut wheat production by 12.5 per cent per year ... issued in February predicted that Saudi Arabia would import a total of 1.5 ...

Article: Saudi Arabia to import 70,000t wheat.
TradeArabia (Manama, Bahrain);  April 18, 2009 ;     626 words ... ... wheat annually, Khariji said. Saudi Arabia became a major wheat importer in 2008 after deciding to cut wheat production by 12.5 per cent per year ... issued in February predicted that Saudi Arabia would import a total of 1.5 ...

Article: Kingdom buys 440,000 T hard wheat.(Saudi ...
Saudi Economic Survey;  July 16, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Summary: Saudi Arabia has bought 440,000 ... faster than expected. Saudi Arabia needs a minimum of ... of wheat per year. Saudi Arabia started importing wheat ... government decided to cut wheat production by 12.5 per cent ...