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In August 18, 2016, the Philippine Supreme Court (SC) issued its final ruling which reversed its December 8, 2015 decision that stopped the field testing, propagation, commercialization, and...

At a combined $23.8 billion, China and Hong Kong represent 18 percent of U.S. agricultural exports to the world, up from 10 percent just a decade ago.

In addition to China’s growing demand for oilseed products, the low price of soybeans is expected to push China’s soybean imports to exceed 76 million tons in MY14/15, up from the 70.4 million tons...

MY15/16 soybean imports are forecast at 79 million tons, slightly higher than the previous year.

Post reduced its 2015/16 production forecast to 98 million metric tons (mmt). Dry and hot weather in central and northeast Brazil is having an impact in the progress of the crop.

China is the second largest market for planting seeds after the United States. It is self-sufficient in planting seeds for grains, but imports some grass, vegetable, and fruit seeds.

According to the Bank of Guatemala (BANGUAT), the food processing industry in Guatemala for year 2015, will grow 3.5 percent and will contribute 0.67 percent to the total GDP.

On December 14, Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan amended legislation to withdraw genetically engineered (GE) food products from school meals.

Italy’s biodiesel capacity stands at approximately 2 Million Metric Tons (MMT). Italian biodiesel operators include two categories: biodiesel producers and oilseed crushers.