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South Africa’s net trade in corn is expected to decrease from 2.0 million tons to 100,000 tons in the 2014/15 MY, due to a mid-summer drought that hit the main corn producing areas.

Peru is the largest fishmeal exporter in the world.

The passage of a bio-safety bill has faced many hiccups in Nigeria, the country’s policy makers now appear to be set for the passage of the bill and subsequent executive assent.

Marketing year (MY) 2015 oilseeds production in Turkey is expected to be 2.1 million metric tons (MMT), down about eight percent compared to a year ago.

The Japanese feed industry relies almost entirely on imported grains.

Russian cattle inventories are expected to continue to decline in 2015 despite continued Government support for the industry.

In the past decade, one of the most apparent trends agricultural trade patterns has been the growth in agricultural trade between developing countries or so-called “South-South trade.”

Water rationing measures in Taiwan will impact 2015 rice production by approximately 10%, or 110 TMT.

The Government of Costa Rica recently issued a Decree fixing producer and consumer prices of rice, thus maintaining a longstanding policy of price fixing in the domestic rice market.

In February 2015 an Illinois-based grocery manufacturing and processing business contacted USDA FAS Washington over problems exporting cheese to Mexico.

Turkey’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MinFAL) announced Tuesday, March 10, 2015, a tender for the import of 3,000 head of bulls.

Indonesian wholesale rice prices grew by 22 percent in February, 2015, while retail prices increased more than 5 percent during the same period.