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Lower government support for corn production continues to stimulate Chinese planting of oilseeds, primarily soybeans.

Post forecasts China’s MY 2017/18 raisin production at 190,000 metric tons, an increase of nearly 3 percent from the previous year, supported by stronger market prices.

After a difficult year in 2017 caused by a long-lasting Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak in Korea, Post projects that production will rebound in marketing year (MY) 2018....

Germany has 83 million of the world’s wealthiest consumers and is by far the biggest market in the European Union.

Poland’s production of wheat, rye, mixed grains and triticale, barley, corn, and oats in MY 2017/18 is forecast to reach 31.9 million metric tons (MMT), a 7.5 percent increase over MY 2016/17.

Area seeded to canola exceeded area seeded to wheat in Canada for the first time ever in marketing year (MY) 2017/2018, as continued strong returns to canola and a wet spring planting season....

Southern China imports of U.S. wheat strengthen …Upcoming opportunities for U.S. exporters to participate in a craft beer festival, as well as meet with South China seafood, fresh fruit, ginseng....

Graphic showing the FY 2018 U.S. agricultural imports and export forecast, along with the U.S. agricultural trade surplus.

Brazil’s consumers have a budding appetite for higher-value food products as the country’s economy recovers from a historic recession and its middle class grows.

Pakistan’s 2017/18 cotton production is forecast at 9.0 million 480 lb bales, down slightly from the current USDA estimate due to a slight reduction in area as projected yields are largely unchanged.

Export prices for most grades of rice further declined 1 to 2 percent, except for fragrant rice prices which continued to increase significantly.

Soybean production in marketing year (MY) 2017/18 (Oct-Sept) is revised down to 10 million metric tons (MMT) produced from an estimated planted area of 10.5 million hectares.