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The cattle herd will continue to shrink in 2015, as record high animal prices prompt many producers to liquidate, while beef heifer retention remains weak.

FAS/Moscow forecasts Russian broiler production to rise to 3.4 MMT in 2015.

Export prices declined 1 to 2 percent due to the sales of government stocks and the weakening of the Thai baht this week. The government continues to sell its rice stocks only for export.

The report provides trade data on Vietnam's monthly rice exports by grades and destinations, and weekly quotes for export rice by grades.

FAS/Moscow forecasts Russian imports of cattle to remain relatively flat in 2015 (i.e., 100,000 head) as livestock importers continue to improve the quality of their genetics.

Russian sanctions on fruit and vegetables from the EU will affect approximately USD 420 million of Spanish agricultural exports. Spanish stone fruits and citrus will be the most affected products.

U.S. poultry exports to Taiwan increased significantly during the first half of 2014 due to exceptionally high pork prices.

FAS/Moscow lowered its forecast of Russia’s sugar beet production in 2014 from the April 2014 forecast by three million metric tons (MMT) to 36 MMT.

The soon-to-be-harvested sugarcane crop was largely unaffected by recent flooding.

The Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards report provides an overview of the food laws and regulatory environment in Tunisia as it relates to U.S. food and agricultural exports.

FAS Lima’s U.S. Food Experience: Beef & Wine reception on August 26, 2014, capped a well-attended two-day long U.S. west coast wines business meetings and technical seminar.

2014/15 soybean production area is forecast at 21 million hectares, with production forecast at 57 million metric tons (mmt), based on commodity prices and currency hedging.