The 11th IDMA Istanbul, held from June 25–27, 2026, brought together thousands of professionals from 120 countries, laying the groundwork for a $1 billion business volume. High-level state officials and global association leaders turned the exhibition into the undisputed hub for technology exports and food security.
One of the most dynamic and popular highlights of the fair was the IDMA Today newspaper, which we published for the second time this year with its colorful design and professional content. Seeing the newspaper pass from hand to hand with great interest across the halls and forum areas brought us immense happiness. I would like to take this opportunity to wholeheartedly congratulate our team before you, our readers, for their great dedication to everything from sales to editorial content, and design to distribution, bringing this publication to life.
The IDMA Forum, organized concurrently with the exhibition, was highly acclaimed with its theme “Resilient Trade, Innovative Milling.” As the Editor-in-Chief of Feed Planet, it was an honor for me to moderate the critical fourth session dedicated to the feed sector.
International commodity expert Pedro Nonay offered a striking perspective, defining the Bosphorus Strait, which facilitates the transit of over 30% of global wheat, as the “Hormuz of agricultural commodities,” and pointed out that trade has shifted from a “just-in-time” model to a “just-in-case” strategy. FEFAC Secretary General Alexander Döring also put the EU’s green regulations under the microscope.
Cem Taşkaldıran from Ofis Yem stated that Türkiye’s feed production reached 30.7 million tonnes, highlighting that a world-class domestic engineering ecosystem has been developed despite raw material deficits. Finally, Prof. Dr. Nizamettin Şenköylü called upon the state to resolutely protect our locomotive poultry and dairy sectors from public misinformation.
As I also emphasized in the closing section of the session, when it comes to feed, from a geopolitical bottleneck in logistics channels to Brussels’ green decisions, and from regulations in Ankara to the attitude of the press and the public, everything is related to everything.
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