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FAS Moscow forecasts two percent reduction of cattle inventories and a decline of beef production to 1.315 MMT in 2017 due to weak investment.

The EU-28 broiler sector is expected to grow in 2016 and 2017, benefiting from slowly increasing demand, since it has been less affected than other meats by the economic downturn in Europe.

Depending on the location of orchards and regions, tree nut production was affected by the poor weather conditions, such as less rainfall compared to normal and previous-year values...

Following very good 2015 year for the stone fruit sector with higher harvested areas, yields and supply,in 2016 the weather has been more challenging to date.

In 2015 and early 2016 the livestock and red meat sector had a positive development with a growth in swine and beef cattle inventory.

On August 31, 2016, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) published Decision No. 97 of August 30, 2016, establishing tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) and respective volumes for imports of meat, poultry...

In 2013 and 2014 Bulgaria’s vine and wine sectors began to stabilize and show growth after years of decline.

Poultry, mainly broiler meat, has been gaining greater popularity among Czech consumers due to its favorable prices, when compared to other meats, and its healthier profile.

This report contains summaries of relevant decisions and documents from the Armenia-BelarusKazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan-Russia Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) meetings, published between June 16 and August 31

The liberalization of the dairy market led to a strong increase of the slaughter of dairy cows. While the dairy cow herd is shrinking, the beef cow herd is slightly growing.

Government Resolution No. 792 of August 13, 2016, approved the new Rules for the State Quarantine Phytosanitary Control (Supervision) at Checkpoints on the Border of the Russian Federation.

FAS/Moscow increased its July 2016 grain production forecast by 6.8 million metric tons (MMT) to 114.5 MMT.