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On Thursday, May 20, 2021 the government of Argentina imposed a 30-day ban on beef exports. The measure is intended to lower domestic beef prices by temporarily increasing the domestic supply.

India’s agricultural sector is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and extreme weather events.

India's Ministry of Commerce has lifted import volume restrictions on select pulses.

MY 2021 fluid milk production is projected at 11.58 million tons, an increase of 1.1% over revised MY 2020 production levels.

India’s online grocery market grew by 80 percent to $2.66 billion in 2020 primarily due to COVID-19 and the resulting lockdown. The sector is expected to grow exponentially over the next few years.

For MY 2020/21, Post revises down its estimate for fresh apple production to 560,000 MT. Fresh pear production is estimated to increase to 620,000 MT.

Post forecasts marketing year 2021/22 coffee production to increase by 5 percent to 5.41 million 60-kilogram bags.

A large vegetarian population and greater demand for healthy foods are fueling the rapid expansion of plant-based meat substitutes in India.

Post forecasts India’s MY 2021/22 cotton production will increase by four percent to 29.5 million 480 lb. bales on a reduced area of 12.9 million hectares.

FAS New Delhi is lowering its India MY 2021/2022 (April-March) wheat production forecast to 105 million metric tons (MMT) compared to the pre-harvest forecast of 107 MMT