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Thailand: Weekly Rice Price Update

TH5132 – Export prices declined around 1 percent as the rumored G-to-G agreement with Indonesia has not yet been finalized.
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Canada: Grain and Feed Update

Total Canadian wheat, barley, corn and oats production in 2015/2016 is forecast fall to 49.2 MMT, a 4 percent decrease corm 2014/2015 total production levels of 51.0 MMT.
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Russia: Grain and Feed Update

FAS/Moscow increased post’s July 2015 grain production forecast by 5 million metric tons (MMT) to 102 MMT. The grain crop forecast includes 60.5 MMT of wheat (4.5 MMT higher than the July forecast)...
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Indonesia: Grain and Feed Update

Despite an extended El Nino event, Indonesian rice and corn production did not experience significant declines.
On October 22, Taiwan completed a normal tender GF4-104-105 for 4,000 MT of U.S. medium or short grain rice and scheduled another normal tender for October 29.
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Japan: Japan Grain and Feed Update October 2015

With MAFF’s strong push to use rice for feed, rice used in compound feed exceeded one million metric tons in MY2014/15 for the first time on record, at the expense of wheat and corn.
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Australia: Australia Grain and Feed Update October 2015

The outlook for winter grains production in Australia has deteriorated due to particularly adverse seasonal conditions, including lower than expected spring rainfall and record temperatures.
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Mexico: Grain and Feed Update

Mexican sorghum production has been plagued with a serious sugarcane aphid (SCA) infestation resulting in reduced crop yields, harvest efficiency reduction, and in some areas severe crop loses.
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Thailand: Weekly Rice Price Update

Export prices were virtually unchanged expect for fragrant rice prices. The Ministry of Commerce is proposing on-farm pledging program for MY2015/16 fragrant rice production.
On September 4, 2015, China notified the WTO of the National Food Safety Standard on Pastry and Bread, issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), as SPS/N/CHN/998.
On September 4, 2015, China notified the WTO of the National Food Safety Standard on Storage and Transport for Grain, issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission, as SPS/N/CHN/1001.
On September 4, 2015, China notified the WTO of the National Food Safety Standard on Grain Processing, issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), as SPS/N/CHN/1003.