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The agricultural minister of Lower Saxony has introduced a new protein feed initiative on July 29. The goal of the initiative is to promote the cultivation of peas, beans and lupins.

The UK presents strong market opportunities for many U.S. consumer-oriented products.

The German Federal State of Lower Saxony has introduced stricter rules for broiler production.

The German Federal Cartel Office has imposed a fine for sausage price fixing in July 2014.

Russian sanctions have the potential to harm over USD 0.8 billion in German agricultural exports. The German food preparation producers and some horticultural sectors will be hit hardest by the ban.

The German food industry has formed an alliance to respond to the ongoing criticism on animal husbandry.

The Saudi poultry sector has experienced a major production growth in recent years. Broiler meat production is estimated at 640,000 MT in 2014, and expected to further increase 9 percent in 2015.

Summarized in this report: Temporary tariff rate quota for almonds, custom tariff removal on live calves and increased duty free import quota on fresh beef.

Egypt was the first North African country to approve genetically engineered (GE) corn.

The Tunisian legislation on biotechnology, drafted before the revolution, has been indefinitely postponed.