However, procurement of wheat would only be necessary when the country was in short supply of domestic corn.
s an alternative to corn, the government is considering importing wheat for use as animal feed, Coordinating Food Minister Zulkifli Hasan said.
However, procurement of wheat would only be necessary when the country was in short supply of domestic corn, Zulkifli said.
“[As] an alternative to corn, there’s wheat as animal feed, the price is affordable,” he said on Monday during a press conference, following a limited ministerial coordinating meeting in Jakarta.
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Zulkifli further emphasized that the plans for importing wheat must be carefully considered as it could disrupt domestic corn absorption, which could then lead to plummeting farmgate prices of domestic corn supply, placing farmers in a difficult situation.
“So, if there's a flood of wheat supply, the corn will not be absorbed by the factories because it has been replaced by wheat for animal feed,” he said.
He added that plans for importing wheat would be discussed and determined during the next limited coordinating meeting.
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