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Labor shortages, compulsory holidays (including three major ones in August and September) as well as voluntary holidays tacked on to create longer leave meant there were fewer days left to collect....

The planned rollout of 10 percent biodiesel blend (B10), initially scheduled on July 1, 2016, and deferred to January 1, 2017, has been postponed indefinitely.

There have not been any significant developments since last year’s 2016 report....

During the first eight months of Marketing Year (MY) 2016/17 (Calendar Year [CY] 2017), Brazil became the leading soybean exporter to Vietnam, replacing the United States due to competitive prices.

Heavy rains during August and September have caused noteworthy damage across Argentina’s main crop areas (specifically in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe and Cordoba).

U.S. exporters who want to enter or expand in India’s market have an array of opportunities available due to the country’s growing population and increasing demand for food and agricultural goods.

MY 2017/18 total sunflowerseed area and production are estimated at 700,000 hectares and 1.55 million MT of which 1.45 million is oilseed and the rest confection seed.

Dry weather with high temperatures resulted in slightly earlier start of grains and rapeseed harvest.

Post’s June forecast for MY15/16 total domestic oilseed production is 3.26 million tons lower than the estimated 57 million tons in MY14/15.

Over the last several years, the Bulgarian oilseeds industry has invested in expanding capacities, diversifying and adding value to some of the major field crops.

Production of cotton, far and away Pakistan’s largest domestic source of oilseeds, is expected to reach 10.0 million 480 lb bales, unchanged from the current USDA 2015/16 forecast.

As a result of dry weather conditions, crude palm oil (CPO) production for 2015 is estimated to decline by 10 percent to 1.8 million metric tons (MMT) from 2.0 MMT in 2014.