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This report contains information about Bulgaria’s retail food and beverage market..

Nearly one year after the first case of African Swine Fever (ASF) was detected in a Romanian backyard swine herd in Tulcea County, Romanian Veterinary Authority officials confirmed that ASF....

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.

The development of the biofuels sector remains a low priority for the Russian government whose agricultural programs are largely focused on “import substitution” and export support programs.

On June 6, 2018, Russia notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of draft amendments to the Unified EAEU List of Quarantine Pests via G/SPS/N/RUS/150.

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....

Since acreage devoted to genetically engineered (GE) crop production peaked in 2008, Slovak farmers and politicians have gradually turned their backs on agricultural biotechnology.

With its population of nearly 40 million, Poland is Central and Eastern Europe’s largest market for food and beverages.

Bulgaria’s rapeseed harvest commenced earlier than normal this year. About two percent of rapeseed area was harvested as of June 22.

In 2017, value sales of grocery retailers in Greece declined by 2.3 percent to $19.7 billion.

On June 6, 2018 the EU published permanent Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for fosetyl-al (the sum of fosetyl, phosphonic acid and their salts, expressed as fosetyl) on tree nuts.