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The MY 2017/2018 Turkish cotton crop is now estimated at 460,000 hectares and 840,000 MT (3.2 million bales).

The EU-28 broiler sector is expected to grow in 2017 and 2018, driven by a slow but steady increase in domestic demand.

For the first time since 2002, the EU is expected to become a net exporter of beef for two successive years as less efficient dairy producers continue to switch to beef cattle.

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....

In reaction to Croatia’s non-tariff barrier to imports of fruits and vegetables, Serbia began to step up control and oversight over all products of plant and animal origin....

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.

Production of red meat in 2017 is expected to decrease following weak domestic demand.

According to Russia’s Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), Russia’s headline consumer price index (CPI) rose to 4.4 percent year-on-year in June, 2017, from 3.5 percent at the end of March....

On August 21, 2017, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) published Decision No. 97 of August 18, 2017, establishing tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) and respective volumes for imports of meat, poultry....

Italy is a leading European consumer of wood pellets (approximately 3 million metric tons per year), with domestic consumption representing 96 percent of total use.

On January 24, 2017, OAA Rome paid a visit to the Padano Science and Technology Park (PTP) to learn about the latest innovative agricultural research being conducted in Italy....

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