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On January 22, 2021, the European Commission (EC) approved five genetically engineered (GE) crops (three corn and two soybeans) and renewed the authorization for three corn crops used for food...

South Asia, which includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, accounts for 24 percent of the world’s population, with 1.84 billion people in 2019.

Rainfall during the 2020 northeast monsoon season (October-December) was one percent higher (125 mm) than the normal fifty-year average.

Post maintains its 2020/21 forecast for soybean planted area expansion at 38.5 million hectares (ha) and soybean production at 131.5 million metric tons (MMT).

As part of its package of measures to reduce food prices adopted in December 2020, the Russian government issued a number of decrees to restrict exports of some grains and oilseeds...

Providently timed rains have allowed emergence amid generally positive early oilseed crop conditions, but the absence of significant soil profile moisture in much of the country means that...

In Marketing Year (MY) 2014/15 (Calendar Year 2015), the U.S. was unseated by Brazil as the largest exporter of soybeans to Vietnam.

In Taiwan, soy sauces increasingly feature labels claiming a variety of production methods such as “non-genetically engineered” (non-GE), “pure fermentation,” and “organic.”

Soybean and soybean meal imports are expected to increase in MY2016/17 to 5.5 million metric tons. The U.S. holds about a 20-22 percent share of the market.

Post forecasts 2016/17 production area at 1.1 million hectares, a decrease of 8 percent from Post’s area estimate of 15/16.

Australia normally produces around four million MT of oilseed crops each year, with canola and cottonseed accounting for over 90 percent of the total.