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The Czech grain crop (excluding corn) is the second lowest in a decade due to a drop in yields but with essentially unchanged year-on-year sowing area.

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.

Due to an expectation of relatively higher yields supported by normal precipitation across central India, Post’s preliminary kharif (fall harvested) crop assessment indicates soybean production....

Drought and high temperatures negatively affected oilseeds yields in many regions of the EU. Particularly rapeseed production suffered from the unfavorable weather conditions.

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

This report contains revised production, consumption and trade forecasts for MY2018/19 as the result of recent legislative amendments as well as trade estimates for MY2017/18.

Due to the ongoing trade tension between the United States and China, Post forecasts soybean imports will fall by 1 million metric tons (MMT) to 94 MMT in MY18/19 and total oilseed imports....

South Africa produced a historical-high summer oilseed crop of 2.5 million tons in the 2017/18 MY with a further increase in oilseed production projected for the 2018/19 MY to 2.6 million tons.

Post expects lower yields for Romanian rapeseed in marketing year (MY) 2018/19 due to dry planting conditions, hot and dry spring weather, and heavy rains during the summer harvest season.

For 2017/18, drought impacts continue to impact oilseed commodities.

Post forecasts chicken meat production to increase by 2.3 percent in 2019 to nearly 13.9 million metric tons, boosted by a recovery in exports and increased domestic demand....

Due to the government’s efforts to protect agricultural exports to China, over facilitating the entry of new technology, only two genetically engineered events (GE) received final approval in 2017....