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Post maintained its 2015/16 production forecast to 98.5 million metric tons (mmt), a record. Area planted for soybeans in Brazil is estimated at 33 million hectares.

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

Brazil’s coffee production for MY 2015/16 was revised down to 49.4 million 60-kg bags, a nine percent drop relative to a revised number for the previous season...

The Government of Ethiopia (GOE) has reportedly completed the process of awarding contracts for the previously-announced 1.0 million metric ton wheat tender.

In recent years, the Government of Ethiopia (GOE) has made considerable investments to boost the country’s capacity to produce sugar.

News on developments in agriculture and food in Egypt.

2015/2016 wheat production is forecast at 6 million metric tons (mmt), down from previous estimates due to heavy rains in the south.

Post forecasts the 2015/16 soybean production at a record of 98.5 million metric tons despite the slow planting start for the second year in a row in the center-west region.

Sub-Saharan Africa’s voracious appetite for imported agricultural goods is a direct result of the region’s robust growth in gross domestic product (GDP) and population.