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From May through September 2014, FAS Brasilia staff visited six of Brazil’s nine states which make up ‘’Amazonia Legal," a political-administrative region situated in the northern half of Brazil.

Post forecasts 2014/15 area planted to cotton at one million hectares with cotton production reaching 6.9 million bales (1.5 million metric tons).

Post reduced its 2014/15 production forecast to 92 mmt, still a record, based on a lower national yield.

Germany has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) of the subtype H5N8 in fattening turkeys in North East Germany (Mecklenburg Western Pomerania) on Nov, 5 2014.

FAS Berlin hosted a roundtable discussion on sustainability of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries with participants from both sides of the Atlantic at the U.S. Embassy Berlin on October 30, 2014.

Brazilian coffee production for 2014/15 was revised upward to 51.2 million 60-kg bags, but still off 3.3 million bags from the previous year.

Domestically grown protein crops were the focus of a recent symposium hosted by the German Government.

FAS Berlin brought a speaker presenting on the U.S. food safety system and policy to a T-TIP workshop in Germany.