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Israel is almost completely dependent on imports to meet its grain and feed needs.

Pakistan’s soon-to-be harvested 2016/17 wheat crop is forecast at 25.3 million tons, marginally higher from last year’s revised production.

Following good planting conditions in the fall and a mild winter across the EU28, the current outlook for the MY2016/17 EU28 grain crop is positive.

Wheat consumption in the Dominican Republic during Market Year 2016/2017 (MY 2016/17) is forecast at 405,000 Metric Tons (MT), with imports remaining strong at 530,000 MT.

A new government took office in December implementing rapidly policy changes to support the local agricultural sector.

The weak Brazilian currency and high inflation, fueled by an uncertain political atmosphere, will have a large impact on all producers in Brazil.

For MY 2016/17 (May-April), total rice area and production levels are projected to increase slightly to 11.8 million hectares (HA) and 34.55 million metric tons (MMT) assuming good weather...

Post estimates total cereal production for MY 2016/17 at around 1.5 million MT with wheat production estimated at 1.1 million MT and barley production estimated at 400,000 MT.

For MY 2016/17, Post estimates cereal production at 4.7 million MT, about 58 percent lower than the record harvest in MY 2015/16.

MY 2016/17 corn imports are forecast to decrease 200,000 MT to 9.8 MMT due to competitively-priced wheat replacing corn for feed use.

While the United States had a $16 billion agricultural trade surplus with the rest of the world in 2015, it ran a record $12 billion trade deficit in farm and food products with the European Union.

South Africa should return to be a net exporter of corn in the 2016/17 MY of about 1.0 million tons on higher production.