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Livestock and livestock products is a significant industry in Australia and accounts for one fifth of farm production while beef farms manage three quarters of all agricultural land.

In an effort to support the development and adoption of science-based rulemaking FAS Mexico developed ten educational videos on biotechnology and genetically engineered organisms in Spanish.

Two Mexican companies filed a request in April 2015 to initiate an anti-dumping investigation on imported U.S. fructose.

On September 7, 2015, SAE published an announcement in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register) containing the public tender for the last five state-owned sugar mills.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the United States is a concern for the sector. Appropriate measures to cope with AI outbreaks would allow a continued two percent growth during 2016.

Cattle inventories continue declining but financial programs to repopulate the domestic herd and improved genetics would contribute for a future stabilization.

The Australian federal government is very supportive of biotechnology and has committed considerable long-term funding to research and development.

A new rail border crossing was inaugurated Aug.25 at the Brownsville – Matamoros Port of Entry.

The Australian Department of Agriculture has released the draft Biosecurity (Biosecurity Import Risk Analyses) Regulation 2015 (BIRA regulation) for public consideration.