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As part of the ambitious goals set at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris on December 2016....

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....

Lower government support for corn production continues to stimulate Chinese planting of oilseeds, primarily soybeans.

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

Soybean production in marketing year (MY) 2017/18 (Oct-Sept) is revised down to 10 million metric tons (MMT) produced from an estimated planted area of 10.5 million hectares.

Developments in Israel’s food and agriculture sector.

On December 22, 2016, Japan’s Cabinet approved a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) proposal to permit soybean meal, coconut oil meal, rapeseed meal, cottonseed oil meal...

A locust attack in Santa Cruz devastated around 1,500 hectares of agricultural land.

Post forecasts India to produce 6.8 million metric tons (MMT) of rapeseed and mustard in marketing year (MY) 2016/17 (Oct-Sept), derived from 7.05 million hectares.

Soybean and peanut sowings were completed as of late January with nearly a third of the sunflower seed crop harvested.

Indonesia is experiencing a mild La Niña event, resulting in increased rainfall and pushing palm oil production back to normal levels.

Animal welfare is at the heart of a discussion about an “agricultural turnaround” and the future of farming in Germany.