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Argentine beef exports in 2015 are forecast at 210,000 tons carcass wt equivalent, an increase from the 2014 estimate, but still an insignificant volume for what Argentina has historically exported.

The German Federal Cartel Office has imposed a fine for sausage price fixing in July 2014.

The Russian State Duma Committee announced the start of public comments and expert evaluations of a draft version of National Standard (GOST) “Regulation of Organic Production.”

The agricultural minister of Lower Saxony has introduced a new protein feed initiative on July 29. The goal of the initiative is to promote the cultivation of peas, beans and lupins.

Since January 2014, the Burkinabe National Biosafety Agency (NBA) has been converting the status of the organization to a technical and scientific public institution (EPSET) for greater autonomy.

The 8th annual Food and Grocery Forum India (FGFI) food show will be held during January 14-16, 2015, in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Post’s MY14/15 forecast for cotton production remains unchanged from the previous 6.5 million tons.

Both EU beef and pork production are forecast to increase in 2015.

Post’s August forecast for MY14/15 total oilseed production is 56.8 million tons, down by 3.3 percent from an estimated 58.7 million tons in MY13/14, primarily due to lower cottonseed production.

Export prices increased 1 to 4 percent due to announcement of a smaller-than-expected rice tender by the government.

Walnut production and exports are expected to increase this year due to favorable weather conditions and new planted areas coming into production.

Continued interest expressed by farmers and agricultural scientists to improve agricultural output via biotechnology has not resulted in a legal framework for either testing or commercializing biotech