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During a national oilseeds conference, industry representatives noted that domestic oilseed production increased from 2.5 million hectares in 2020 to 3.4. million hectares in 2022, and they further expect production to reach 5 million hectares by 2027.

This report contains FAS Nur-Sultan’s revised production forecasts for MY2020/21 as well as trade estimates for MY2019/20.

Germany has 83 million of the world’s wealthiest consumers and is by far the biggest market in the European Union.

Public rejection of genetically engineered (GE) plants in Germany is widespread; there is no commercial GE crop production and practically no foods labeled as Genetically Modified Organisms....

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.

Germany has long been a leader in the global pork sector and is currently the world’s second-largest pork exporter after the United States.

FAS/Astana estimates wheat production in Kazakhstan in MY 2018/2019 at 13.98 million metric tons (MMT), 0.8 MMT lower than estimated for MY 2017/2018, as unusually cold spring, which caused....

Germany has 83 million of the world’s wealthiest consumers and is by far the biggest market in the European Union.

Germany is a member of the European Union (EU) and generally follows EU directives and regulations, including those relating to the importation of food products.

Germany has 83 million of the world’s wealthiest consumers and is by far the biggest market in the European Union.

In the absence of a legally binding maximum level for cadmium in sunflower kernels, Germany applies a non-binding “guideline value” published by the former Federal Institute for Health Related....

Total EU oilseeds area and production in MY 2018/19 is forecast slightly upward due to increasing acreage of all three major oilseeds (rapeseed, soybean and sunflower).