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Thailand made some progress in 2015 on laying out a draft regulatory framework on adopting agricultural biotechnology.

This annual report reviews the development of China’s food industry in 2013 and 2014 and examines the trends of the food processing industry, as well as prospects of some U.S. ingredients...

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

Despite El Nino, MY 2014/2015 (January-December 2015) Vietnam rice production is expected to have a slight increase in paddy volume.

On September 7 an extra-ordinary Agricultural Council will be held in Brussels in response to farmers’ protests in various member states against low prices for mainly diary, pork and fruit...

MY15/16 cotton production is forecast down to 5.5 million tons. This forecast is based on 19 percent fall in planted area in response to the lower government’s price support for cotton planting.

New Orders of the Russian Government on Distribution of Federal Agricultural Subsidies to Provinces… VPSS Will Stop Some Imports of Soybean Meal … Grain Stocks in Russia Reach 28.6 Million Metric Tons

During its June budgetary deliberations the Barbadian Parliament modified the basket of food items eligible for VAT free consideration.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the United States is a concern for the sector. Appropriate measures to cope with AI outbreaks would allow a continued two percent growth during 2016.

Cattle inventories continue declining but financial programs to repopulate the domestic herd and improved genetics would contribute for a future stabilization.

China is a major producer of biofuels and production continues to increase.

Pakistan’s biotech regulatory system is currently on hiatus as the courts work to determine whether the provinces or federal government should regulate biotech crops.