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On August 13, 2020, Poland’s Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) declared Poland as free of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) following three months with no HPAI detections.

The Turkish cotton crop for MY 2020/21 is now estimated at 350,000 hectares and 615,000 MT (2.825 million bales). Low yields, unattractive cotton prices, inflated costs...

The EU-27 chicken sector is expected to contract moderately in 2020 before rebounding in 2021.

Ukrainian cattle and swine inventories contracted in 2019 and are expected to contract further in 2020 and 2021.

Steady demand for chicken meat and ample feed supplies are expected to lift production to 4.725 M?? (RTC) in 2021.

Post forecasts that Bulgaria’s stone fruit crop in marketing year (MY) 2020 will increase by 5.6 percent.

Bulgaria’s dairy industry continued to stabilize in 2019.

The government has elected to put an end to Dutch mink farming three years ahead of schedule due to the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks on the country's mink farms.

The European Commission (EC) eliminated EU import duties for corn, sorghum and rye on August 27, 2020, only four months after re-introducing duties for the first time since March 2018.

Despite the rapidly growing demand for chicken meat in Turkey, in 2021, chicken meat production is expected to increase only 5 percent compared to 2020, less than industry expectations.

In MY 2020/21, EU production of peaches and nectarines may decline 15 percent to 3.4 million MT.

The Ukrainian chicken meat industry recently completed a major production expansion cycle in 2019. Additionally, smaller producers are expected to launch new facilities in 2020/21.