# Senate Agriculture Committee Deputy Calls for Urgent Plan to Grow Oilseed Crops to Reduce Feed Import Bill

> At a general discussion in Egypt’s Senate, lawmaker Gamal Abu El-Fotouh urged the government to outline a plan to secure livestock, poultry, and fish supplies and develop domestic production. He warned that reliance on imported feed inputs, particularly corn and soybeans, and rising production costs are pressuring producers, and called for reducing import dependence through local production.

- Date: 2026-11-10 · published 2026-11-10T13:38:53.915Z
- Category: policy · region Egypt · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/91849-senate-agriculture-committee-deputy-calls-for-urgent-plan-to-grow-oilseed-crops
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

If pursued, greater domestic oilseed and feed-crop production could reduce Egypt’s reliance on imported ingredients and ease exposure to global prices and currency costs. The article reports a call for a plan, not an adopted policy or immediate change in supply.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2025-06-16 | [MAHA report on seed oils raises concerns for US agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24330-maha-report-on-seed-oils-raises-concerns-for-us-agriculture.md) | -1.0% | -7.0% |
| SOY | 2019-12-18 | [EU imports of soy should be reduced, says Agriculture Commissioner](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55606-eu-imports-of-soy-should-be-reduced-says-agriculture-commissioner.md) | +0.8% | -0.5% |
| SOY | 2018-06-04 | [Argentina: Argentina’s Delay of Soybean Export Tax Reduction Unlikely \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64370-argentina-argentina-s-delay-of-soybean-export-tax-reduction-unlikely-usda.md) | -5.1% | -15.9% |
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| SOY | 2024-11-09 | [Industry calls for reform to LCFS biofuel guardrails \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15171-industry-calls-for-reform-to-lcfs-biofuel-guardrails-agri-pulse-communications.md) | -1.8% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2022-02-09 | [Activists push for Mexico’s GM corn ban to include imports \| Agriculture News \| Al Jazeera](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42667-activists-push-for-mexico-s-gm-corn-ban-to-include-imports-agriculture-news-al.md) | +0.5% | +15.2% |
| CORN | 2022-10-24 | [Calls Increase for U.S. Trade Representative to Act on Mexico’s Pending Decree on Corn Imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39108-calls-increase-for-u-s-trade-representative-to-act-on-mexico-s-pending-decree.md) | -1.1% | -1.4% |
| CORN | 2023-03-17 | [Mexico: Mexico Issues 2023 Corn Decree to Substitute Gradually Biotech Corn Used for Human Consumption and for Animal Feed \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36832-mexico-mexico-issues-2023-corn-decree-to-substitute-gradually-biotech-corn-used.md) | -1.0% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- egyin.com: https://www.egyin.com/article/159590/%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AE-%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9

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