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The harvest of grains and rapeseed in the Czech Republic ended in the first week of September. Estimates are optimistic that the production of grains will reach above the 10-year average.

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.

The production of sesame and soybeans is forecast to climb in MY18/19 (Oct-Sep), while Niger seed production is expected to remain unchanged.

Total EU oilseeds area and production in MY 2018/19 is forecast slightly upward due to increasing acreage of all three major oilseeds (rapeseed, soybean and sunflower).

Grain and rapeseed harvests in Czech Republic are approaching the last quarter with yields and total production described as average or below average.

Total EU-28 oilseeds production for marketing year (MY) 2015/16 is expected to decline by about 9 percent to 32 million metric tons (MMT).

Ethiopia’s agriculture imports reached $1.8 billion in 2015. Future imports are expected to increase as the country’s economy and population continue to grow.

Czech Grain and Rapeseed crop is described as good or average, showing large variability across regions caused by different weather conditions.

In contrast to the huge drought-related losses in grain production, Ethiopia’s production of major oilseeds is expected to increase to nearly 790,000 metric tons in MY15/16 (Oct-Sep).

Rapeseed remains the most profitable oilseed for Czech farmers. In MY 2015/16 they experienced another good crop of 1.26 million MT of rapeseed on area of 366,180 HA.

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

Marketing years 2013/14 and 2014/15 were both record breaking: in MY2013/14 rapeseed area in the Czech Republic exceeded the threshold of 400,000 hectares...