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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.

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.

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.

February 15, 2016, VPSS will impose temporarily restrictions on corn and soybeans originating from the U.S. as a result of violations of international and Russian phytosanitary requirements.

Palm oil production declines are expected to arrive starting in December 2015 and extend throughout the next six to nine months.

China notified the WTO of the National Food Safety Standard of Vegetable Protein for Food Industry (an update of the GB/T 20371), issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission...

2015/2016 soybean production is revised up to 58.5 million tons on good crop conditions resulting in higher yields.

Post kept its forecast for Brazil’s 2015/16 soybean production to a record 98 million metric tons (mmt).