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The Agriculture Ministry is planning on growing 3.25 mn acres of wheat this season, down from the previous target of 3.5 mn acres, the Ministry\u2019s spokesperson said, according to Reuters. \u201cEgypt\u2019s wheat harvest typically runs from about April through July and cultivation is currently underway.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8572],"tags":[72,2380],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-636198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-round","tag-enterpriseam","tag-speed-round","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"d91971e5-1261-43d3-8726-5097b5c945e3","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"c0b3b816-af01-478a-8096-74eeb177a168","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[636177],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nGov\u2019t to grow wheat on 3.25 mn acres this season - 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