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Statistics Canada puts the 2014/2015 wheat, barley, corn, and oat crop at 48.7 million metric tons (MMT), 26 percent below the previous year’s crop of 65.9 million metric tons.

In marketing year (MY) 2013, Russia remained one of the biggest importers of fruits in the world having purchased 1.2 million metric tons (MT) of apples, 391,060 MT of pears, and 324,910 MT of grapes.

Export prices for most grades of white rice remained unchanged. The government sold 203,000 metric tons of rice stocks as expected by traders last week.

Post forecasts that China's broiler production will fall as demand declines due to lower prices and food safety concerns.

Post accompanied several Ethiopian dairy farmers to the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin from September 30 to October 4, 2014.

The minimum support prices (MSP) for rabi (winter planted) crops for MY 2015/16 have been raised; the MSP for wheat by INR 500 per metric ton to 14,500 ($236) per metric ton.

FAS Berlin brought a speaker presenting on the U.S. food safety system and policy to a T-TIP workshop in Germany.

Apple and Pear growers have enjoyed a second year of good prices for their fruit in 2013/2014.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development released the lists of regulated articles for plant quarantine and articles subject to pest risk analysis before importation into Vietnam.

Myanmar exported 97,785 metric tons (MT) of beans and pulses in June 2014, down 42 percent from last month following a sharp decline in shipments to India and Indonesia.

The Costa Rican government issued and emergency decree to deal with the effects of sharply reduced rainfall during the early months of the current rainy season.

This report reproduces a Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) fact sheet on the food product approval process.