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On August 1, 2017, the Government of Canada revealed details of two new programs worth C$350 million to support Canadian dairy producers and processors.

The EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is currently being negotiated between the four Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

The Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (VPSS) published a new list of 57 quarantine pests, adding to the Common List of Plant Quarantine Pests....

Ukraine has a robust and growing food processing industry. In recent years Ukrainian food producers have targeted international markets following Russia’s market closure in 2015.

On August 1, 2017 the federal government announced the new TRQ administration policy applicable to the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) cheese TRQ.

The Government of Malaysia (GOM) decision not to extend the amnesty program for undocumented illegal foreign workers beyond July 1, 2017 saw the industry facing an acute shortage of manual labor.

South Africa should return to being a net exporter of corn in the 2017/18 MY and 2016/17 MY on higher production after South Africa had to import 2.2 million tons of corn in the 2015/16 MY....

Post forecasts that raisin production will increase by one percent to 62,500 MT in the 2017/18 MY, from 62,000 MT in the 2016/17 MY, based on the increase in area planted....

Export prices further declined two to three percent largely due to a lack of new inquiries. Additionally, the results of the July 25 Philippine import tender has put downward pressure on Thai rice....

On December 18, 2016, the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission, Ministry of Agriculture, China Food and Drug Administration released the National Food Safety Standard....

Raisin production in Turkey in 2017/18 forecast is 295,000 tons, down five percent from MY 2016/17 due to sporadic frost and hail damage during the spring in some regions in Manisa and Izmir.

Argentine wheat production for the 2017/18 season is forecast at 16.65 million tons, 850,000 tons lower than USDA as Post estimates a smaller production area.