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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.

The Australian federal government is very supportive of biotechnology and has committed considerable long-term funding to research and development.

On August 21, 2015, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) announced that it had received an application for the establishment of a Kobe Beef Geographical Indication (GI).

A new rail border crossing was inaugurated Aug.25 at the Brownsville – Matamoros Port of Entry.

The Australian Department of Agriculture has released the draft Biosecurity (Biosecurity Import Risk Analyses) Regulation 2015 (BIRA regulation) for public consideration.