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Despite frosts, lack of June rain, and a spider mite infestation, German hops production is expected to be average due in part to increased growing area.

Public rejection of genetically engineered (GE) plants in Germany is widespread; there is no commercial GE crop production and practically no foods labeled as Genetically Modified Organisms....

A shifting political landscape in the EU has led to fears that voting “against” import authorization of Genetically Engineered (GE) crops is becoming perilously close to a new norm.

Germany has 83 million of the world’s wealthiest consumers and is by far the biggest market in the European Union.

FAS Berlin secured the release of five containers of pet food from a South Carolina pet food company destined for the Czech Republic.

In Germany veganism has become increasingly popular and it is home to the most vegan product launches in the world.

Germany is by far the biggest market in the European Union with good prospects for U.S. food products like tree nuts, wine, processed fruits and vegetables, fruit juices and others.

Germany is the third-largest importer of cherries in the world after Russia and China. From 2014 to 2016, between 54 and 68 percent of the cherries consumed in Germany were imported....

Updated import duties of Euro 5.16 per metric ton are applied on corn, sorghum and rye from August 8, 2017.

The EU28 grain harvest is now under way in most Member States.

The German food service sector is large, fragmented and highly competitive. Food service sales continue to be led primarily by independent full-service restaurants.

The German food industry represents the fourth–largest industry in Germany. In 2016, Germany produced an estimated USD $196 billion of processed food and drinks.