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Turkey’s Marketing Year (MY) 2019/20 sunflowerseed area and production is estimated at 730,000 hectares (Ha) and 1.66 million metric tons (MMT), of which 1.5 MMT is for use as oilseeds.

On August 23, 2019, the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF), State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced new tariffs on certain U.S. products, valued at $75 billion USD.

The recovery of monsoon rain levels in August has led to improved soil moisture in Central India which will bolster crop development.

A 19 percent drop in rapeseed area leads to a significant, overall decline of major oilseeds area and production within the EU in MY 2019/20.

On August 28, China’s State Council Customs Tariff Commission (SCCTC) announced that China will administer a second round of tariff exclusions for certain imports originating from the United States...

The Cabinet agreed to allocate a budget of 60.36 billion baht (U.S. $1.98 billion) for three agricultural price subsidy programs for small rice and oil palm farmers.

Estimated soybean production for marketing year (MY) 2019/20 (Oct.-Sept.) is revised lower to 10.5 million metric tons (MMT) on 11.2 million hectares.

Soybean meal (SBM) consumption for 2019/20 and 2018/19 are unchanged from August’s report, but down from their preceding year as domestic swine inventories continue to shrink....

Although Germany does not require labeling of non-GMO food products and animal feed, the nation’s voluntary “Ohne Gentechnik” (GMO-free) labeling program is gaining momentum.

Brazil is the second largest producer of biotech crops in the world.

The EU’s complex and lengthy policy framework for biotechnology slows down and limits research, development, production and imports.

In 2016, estimates for Vietnam’s growing areas of biotech crop (corn) were at 35,000 ha, accounting for about 3 percent of the total cultivated corn area.