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Domestic and export rice prices declined 1 to 2 percent due to the lack of new inquiries and further weakening of the Thai baht.

The report provides trade data on Vietnam's monthly rice exports by grades and destinations, and weekly quotes for export rice by grades.

The winter wheat and barley harvests began earlier than usual in 2018. As of June 21, about 47 percent of barley and 4 percent of wheat areas were harvested.

Romanian grain production is likely to decline in Marketing Year (MY) 2018/19 by eight percent, based on the current crop status and initial harvest reports.

The Polish Ministry of Agriculture (MinAg) prepared a draft amendment to the 2006 Feed Act, postponing the 2006 legislation’s ban of genetically engineered (GE) feed ingredients....

As actual rice planting area was less than FAS/Seoul had estimated in the last report, the rice production forecast for MY 2018/19 is revised down to 3.73 million metric tons (MMT).

General good growing conditions indicate a good grain crop for MY2018/19 in Algeria.

Rice export prices remain under downward pressure due to competition from Vietnamese rice and further weakening of the Thai baht.

Italy is the largest rice producer in the EU-28.

On April 19, 2018, the Italian District Court of Udine acquitted Giorgio Fidenato, President of the Federated Farmers Association of the charge of having cultivated GE maize....

Post’s forecast wheat and barley production is unchanged from USDA’s current official estimates.

Frequent rains throughout 2018 have generally offset the local worries of an initial record delay in sowing and crop development.