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Post’s August forecast for MY14/15 total oilseed production is 56.8 million tons, down by 3.3 percent from an estimated 58.7 million tons in MY13/14, primarily due to lower cottonseed production.

Export prices increased 1 to 4 percent due to announcement of a smaller-than-expected rice tender by the government.

Walnut production and exports are expected to increase this year due to favorable weather conditions and new planted areas coming into production.

Continued interest expressed by farmers and agricultural scientists to improve agricultural output via biotechnology has not resulted in a legal framework for either testing or commercializing biotech

Beef production is expected down in 2015, as slaughter is lower than the revised 2014 number, reflecting the expectation that the UAE’s cattle donation will not continue into the coming year.

Walnut production and exports are expected to increase this year due to favorable weather conditions and new planted areas coming into production.

Post forecasts 2015 production and exports of beef to increase by three and ten percent, respectively.

Summarized in this report: Gaza War and its impacts, imports of agricultural and food products into Israel are up and the 2013 Annual Survey of Organic Produce in Israel.

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

From October 2013 – June 2014, Taiwan imported over 1,600 thousand metric tons (TMT) of U.S. corn, exceeding Post estimates.

On August 25th, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Yuryev held a regular meeting with industry unions…

Italy’s MY 2013/14 (November/October) orange production is expected to increase by 4 percent.