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The Government of Punjab, Pakistan’s largest agricultural province, is proposing minimum standards for imported semen that would severely restrict farmer access to improved dairy and beef semen.

After eight years, Pakistan has approved the amendments to its 1976 Seed Act.

Production of cotton, far and away Pakistan’s largest domestic source of oilseeds, is expected to reach 10.0 million 480 lb bales, unchanged from the current USDA 2015/16 forecast.

The Government of Pakistan procured 5.0 million metric tons of wheat from the recently concluded harvest, well below the 6.2 million ton target.

The Senate Agriculture Committee passed the amendments to Pakistan’s 1976 Seed Act.

The Government of Pakistan recently increased the sugar import tariff from 20 to 40 percent in an effort to shield its domestic industry from imports as domestic prices rise...

For the second consecutive year, the Government of Pakistan is set to increase the tariff on imports of soybean meal on July 1.

Pakistan’s MY 2015/16 wheat production is forecast 500,000 metric tons lower at 25.0 million metric tons due to the adverse effect of widespread late winter rains across major wheat producing areas.

The Government of Pakistan has allowed the export of wheat on a government-to-government basis using the same export subsidy rates that were announced for private exporters in January 2015.

Pakistan’s sugar stocks are on the rise as several years of robust production have boosted stocks of sugar.

Pakistan’s soon-to-be harvested 2015/16 wheat crop is forecast at 25.5 million tons, unchanged from the revised 2014/15 record production estimate.

Pakistan’s 2015/16 cotton production is forecast at 10 million 480 lb bales, down slightly from the current year as yields are forecast lower than the near record level achieved in 2014.