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The Fall Armyworm (FAW; Spodoptera frugiperda) – a crop-eating pest – first detected in China in January 2019 has now spread across 15 Chinese provinces....

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasts a near normal Southwest Monsoon for 2019 suggesting that June to September rainfall is likely to be 96 percent of the Long Period Average (LPA).

On May 13, 2019, the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF), State Council Tariff Commission (SCTC) announced that supplementary import tariffs levied on certain U.S. products....

Pakistan is a growing market for imported food products since the retail sector is growing.

In 2018, U.S. agricultural and related products exported to Belize reached a record $61.1 million.

The Fall Armyworm (FAW; Spodoptera frugiperda) – a crop-eating pest – first detected in China in January 2019 has spread across China’s southern border and currently impacts about 8,500 hectares....

Post forecasts market year (MY) 2019/20 cotton fiber production at a record 925,000 bales (480 lb.).

MY2015 Uzbek cotton production is estimated about 4.2 million bales. No major pathogen or pest attack accord during the season and no water shortage was reported.

Post forecasts Brazil’s 2015/16 cotton area to drop to 900,000 hectares (ha), a nine percent drop compared to the previous year.

Pakistan’s MY 2015/16 (August-July) cotton production is expected to reach 8.2 million 480 lb bales, down nearly 25 percent from last year’s crop.

MY 2015 Turkish cotton crop is estimated at 370,000 hectares and 580,000 metric tons (MT) (2.7 million bales).

The MY 2015/16 production estimate is 28.5 million 480 lb. bales as insect infestation in northern India raises yield concerns. Planted area reached 11.76 million hectares.